Gabriel Okara

Arranged in six sections, Gabriel Okara: Collected Poems includes the poetÆs earliest lyric verse along with poems written in response to NigeriaÆs war years; literary tributes and elegies to fellow poets, activists, and loved ones long dead; and recent dramatic and narrative poems. The introduction by Brenda Marie Osbey contextualizes OkaraÆs work in the history of Nigerian, African, and English language literatures.