Question

Critical analysis of poems by gabriel okara

Answer 1

In African literature limited poets are remembered today and Gabriel Okara is one of them, whose name is Gabriel Jibaba Okara born on 25 April, 1921 is one of the most distinguished poets of the African literature. He is a Nigerian poet and novelist who was educated at government college, Umuahia, and later at Yaba higher college. In addition to His poetry and fiction, Gabriel Okara has also written plays and features of broadcasting but he is more notable for his poems. Gabriel Okara also studied journalism at North-western University in 1949.

Moreover, Gabriel Okra’s poem tends to reflect the problems that Africa faces as they torn between the culture of their European colonist and their traditional African heritage. Okara has written many poems but here we are concerned with his 3 poems as enlisted under

· Once Upon a Time

· Once Upon a Time· Mystic Drum

· Once Upon a Time· Mystic Drum· Were I to choose etc.

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