Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Dedication
- Photographs
- Maps
- Okigbo family tree
- 1 A river goddess, his mother's death & a headmaster father
- 2 Sportsman, actor & ‘effortless genius’
- 3 Cricket, classics, politics & urbane dissipation
- 4 Colonial civil servant, covert businessman & bankrupt
- 5 Poetry gives purpose to his voice
- 6 A librarian ravenous for literature & women
- 7 Gentleman, poet & publisher
- 8 Aftermath of a coup, running arms & advancing to death
- Epilogue
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Dedication
- Photographs
- Maps
- Okigbo family tree
- 1 A river goddess, his mother's death & a headmaster father
- 2 Sportsman, actor & ‘effortless genius’
- 3 Cricket, classics, politics & urbane dissipation
- 4 Colonial civil servant, covert businessman & bankrupt
- 5 Poetry gives purpose to his voice
- 6 A librarian ravenous for literature & women
- 7 Gentleman, poet & publisher
- 8 Aftermath of a coup, running arms & advancing to death
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Christopher Okigbo 1930–67Thirsting for Sunlight, pp. 268 - 276Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010