Overview
Region
West Africa
Nigeria
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Poetry
About This Work
Okigbo's collected poetry — Heavensgate, Limits, Silences, Distances, Path of Thunder — his compressed, allusive modernist verse drawn from Igbo religion, European literature, and jazz.
Literary Significance
Okigbo was killed fighting for Biafra in 1967; he is considered the finest poet in the African literary canon