Okello Oculi
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Okello Oculi (b. 1942), is a Ugandan novelist, poet, and chronicler of African rural village life. He was born in Dokolo, Lira District in northern Uganda and educated at Soroti College and St. Peter's College, Tororo, and St. Mary's College, Kisubi. He studied political science at Makerere University.
His writing is filled with authentic snatches of conversation, proverbs, and folk wisdom. His poetry, like that of Okot p'Bitek and Joseph Buruga, seeks to re-assert the cultural heritage of Africa with a critique of foreign influences in East Africa. Okello Oculi is currently professor of Social and Economic Research at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria.
[edit] Books
- Song for the Sun in Us (2000)
- Discourses on African Affairs: Directions and Destinies for the 21st Century (1999)
- Political economy of malnutrition (1987)
- Kookolem (1976)
- Malak: An African Political Poem (1976)
- Imperialism, settlers and capitalism in Kenya (1975)
- Kanta Riti (1972)
- Orphan (1968) (dramatized poetry)
- Prostitute (1968)
