| LC control no. | n 50012378 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL8041.9.P3 Acoli PR9381.9.P33 English |
| Personal name heading | p'Bitek, Okot, 1931-1982 |
| Variant(s) | Bitek, Okot p', 1931-1982 |
| Associated country | Uganda |
| Associated place | Great Britain England Nigeria United States |
| Birth date | 1931 |
| Death date | 1982-07-20 |
| Place of birth | Gulu (Uganda) |
| Place of death | Kampala (Uganda) |
| Affiliation | Makerere University University of Bristol University of Nairobi University of Ife University of Iowa University of Texas at Austin |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Poets College teachers |
| Found in | Author's Song of Lawino, 1969, c1966. Wanambisi, M.N. Thought and technique in the poetry of Okot p'Bitek, c1984: t.p. (Okot p'Bitek) p. 1, etc. (Okot born in Northern Uganda, died in Kampala, 7/20/82) Encyclopaedia Britannica online, Feb. 12, 2008 (Okot p'Bitek ; b. 1931, Gulu, Uganda ; d. July 19, 1982, Kampala) Conversations with African writers, 1981: pages 242-243 (Okot p'Bitek; writes in Acoli (Acholi) and English; education: Gulu High School and King's College, Budo; Government Teacher Training College, Mbarara; Bristol University, England (education); Aberystwyth, Wales (L.L.B.); Oxford University (B. Litt. in social anthropology); Writers Workshop, University of Iowa; taught English and religious knowledge at Sir Samuel Baker's School, Uganda; lecturer at Makerere University; on staff of University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Ife (Nigeria); visiting lecturer at universities including University of Iowa, and University of Texas (Austin), where he was in self-imposed exile as of 1978; currently (1980) returned to staff of Makerere University; anthropologist, sociologist, critic of social and political conditions in Africa) |
| Associated language | ach eng |
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