Songs for Wonodi
An Anthology of Poems in Memory of Okogbule Wonodi (1935-2001)
This anthology is in memory of Okogbule Wonodi, with a foreword by Elechi Amadi. He was the first published Ikwerre poet, despite being a college principal, lecturer, university administrator, company manager, newspaper publisher, mayor of Port Harcourt, president of a rotary club and a traditional ruler. The contributors to the collection are from the Americas Australia, Jamaica, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and the UK. The themes encompass folklore, memory, love for the earth, man and nature, and the significance of remembering the dead and acknowledging why they will always be a part of the living.
The poets contributing to the volume comprise an extraordinary roll-call of many of Africa's finest poets: Tanure Ojaide, Lupenga Mphande, Elechi Amadi, Dike Okoro, Tijan Sallah, Frank Chipasula, Timothy Wangusa, and twenty-three further renowned poets.
ISBN 9789780232238 | 120 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2007 | Malthouse Press, Nigeria | Paperback
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About the Editor
- Dike Okoro
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Dike Okoro is a professor of African/African American Literature Creative Writing at Olive Harvey College, Chicago and a PhD student in literature creative writing at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
