• Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with...
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  • Lawino (Acholi: Wer pa Lawino) is an epic poem written by Ugandan poet Okot p'Bitek. It was first published in 1966 in an English translation by the author...
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  • senior leader of the Lord's Resistance Army Okot p'Bitek (1931–1982), Ugandan poet Okot River, Uganda Okot, a forest god in the mythology of the Bicolano...
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  • of Lawino, well known in African literature, was written in Acholi by Okot p'Bitek, although its sequel, Song of Ocol, was written in English.[1] Acholi...
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    enumerated at 275,613. The district is the birthplace of the poet and writer Okot p'Bitek; former UNLA top military officer Brigadier George William Nyero. Globefeed...
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    Lawino, one of the most successful African literary works, was written by Okot p'Bitek, published in 1966 in Acholi, and later translated to English. Acholiland...
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    Martinson (composed 1956) Helen in Egypt by H.D. (1961) Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek (1966) Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri (1971) Prussian Nights by...
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  • Margaret Busby. Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek was born in Kenya in 1966 to Ugandan evacuees. Her father was the late Okot p'Bitek, an internationally recognized...
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    Unionist, freedom fighter and Politician Okatch Biggy, musician (Kenyan) Okot p'Bitek, poet and author of the Song of Lawino (Uganda) Olara Otunnu, former...
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  • Okara - Christopher Okigbo - Yambo Ouloguem - Frank Kobina Parkes - Okot p'Bitek - Lenrie Peters - Rabérivelo - Isaac Rammopo - Jorge Rebelo - Arnaldo...
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