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Okot p'Bitek


Born
in Gulu, Uganda
June 07, 1931

Died
July 20, 1982


Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 20 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wishes everything to be westernised.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 1,005 ratings · 110 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol
4.02 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions
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Song of Lawino
3.81 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1966 — 24 editions
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White Teeth
3.76 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1989
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Decolonizing African Religi...
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The Horn of My Love
3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions
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Two Songs: Song of Prisoner...
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Hare and Hornbill
3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions
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Song of a prisoner
3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
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Song of Farewell
3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994
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Artist, the Ruler: Essays o...
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