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There is no such thing as a poet trying to express African-ness. Such a thing doesn’t exist. A poet expresses himself.

— Christopher Okigbo

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‘O mother mother earth, unbind me; let this be my last testament …’

THE STARS have departed, the sky in monocle surveys the world under. ‘The stars have departed, and I — where am I?

Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)

Secret I have told into no ear, save into a dughole, to hold, not to drown with- Secret I have planted into beachsand...

Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)

Between sleep and walking, I hang up my egg-shells. To you of palm grove, Upon whose bamboo towers

Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)

THUNDER that has struck the elephant, the same thunder can make a bruise — condolences: we should forget the names. we should bury the date. the dead should bury the dead — condolences

Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)

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