Christopher Okigbo – The Biafran Poet
In September 1967, Christopher Okigbo, once described as ‘Africa’s most lyrical poet of the twentieth century,’ was killed fighting for Biafra’s independence. The Sunday Times described his death as ‘the single most important tragedy of the Nigerian civil war’. The passionate, tortured and dramatic quality of his life was typified by the way Okigbo died. Widely … Read more