[New-Poetry] Paolo Ruffilli and Ezra

[Uche Ogbuji]

TheOldMole wrote:
> I always wanted to teach a course on Poets Who Were National Heroes. I'd
> have included Burns, Neruda, probably Yevtushenko, Havel and Senghor.

Well, Biafra was a nation, if only for a few years until we were
crushed, so I'd like to nominate Christopher Okigbo to your list.  He
also happens to be one of the greatest modern African poets, and IMO the
greatest Nigerian one.


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