Christopher Okigbo (1932-1967)

A selective list of open access articles on the Nigerian poet Christopher Okigbo, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in peer and editor reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Sites

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literary criticism

Echeruo, Michael J.C. "Christopher Okigbo, Poetry magazine, and the 'Lament of the Silent Sisters.'" Research in African Literatures, 2004

Ekwe Ekwe, Herbert. On Christopher Okigbo, in the Literary Encyclopedia, 7/26/04 [subscription service]

Nwosu, Maik. "Christopher Okigbo and the postcolonial market of memories." Nwosu notes that "in the poetry of Christopher Okigbo, perhaps the most intriguing modern African poet, dialogism or the postcolonial market of memories figures in the constant conversation between the local and the foreign, the specific and the universal." Research in African Literatures, 2007

Ogunsanwo, Olatubosun. "The Dance of Death: Nigerian History and Christopher Okigbo's Poetry." Brief paragraph on The Dance of Death: Nigerian History and Christopher Okigbo's Poetry by Dubem Okafor. (Africa World Press 1998). Research in African Literatures, 2001

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