| LC control no. | n 50048456 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9387.9.O378 |
| Personal name heading | Okigbo, Christopher, 1932-1967 |
| Variant(s) | Okigbo, Christopher Ifekandu, 1932-1967 |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 1932-08-16 |
| Death date | 1967-09-20 |
| Place of birth | Ojoto (Nigeria) |
| Place of death | Opi (Nigeria) |
| Affiliation | University of Nigeria, Nsukka University College (Ibadan, Nigeria) Cambridge University Press Mbara Press (Ibadan, Nigeria) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Editors Librarians |
| Found in | His Labyrinths, 1971. Nwakanma, O. Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67, c2010: xvi, etc. (b. Aug. 16, 1930 in Ojoto, Nigeria; d. Sept. 20, 1967) Poiesis blog, Nigerians writing in English: Christopher Okigbo and Afam Akeh, posted July 13, 2010, viewed May 2, 2014 (Christopher Okigbo, 1932-1967; Nigerian poet who wrote in English; graduated 1956 from University College of Ibadan, major, Greek and Latin; in 1962 became West African manager for Cambridge Univ. Press; later worked as editor, Mbara Press, Ibadan; joined Biafran army as a major in July 1967, killed one month later in a battle near Nsukka) Christopher Okigbo Foundation website, viewed May 2, 2014 (Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo; b. Aug. 16, 1932) Gale Literature Resource Center (online), English in Africa, vol. 32, issue 1, May 2005; Nwosu, Maik. Children of the anthill: Nsukka and the shaping of Nigeria's 1960s literary generation, viewed March 3, 2023: 2nd paragraph (Christopher Okigbo worked as a librarian at Nsukka, the main campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; later killed at nearby Opi during the Nigeria-Biafra war) |
| Associated language | eng |
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