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My personal knowledge of and shared culture with Okot have added value to my biographical structuring. His three verse collections - Song of Lawino (1966), Song of Ocol (1970), and Two Songs (1971) - are considered to be among the best African poetry in print.

Okot p'Bitek was born on 7 June 1931 in Gulu, in the North Uganda grasslands. As a young man, he had various interests; he published a novel in the Acholi language, composed an opera based on traditional songs, and played on the Ugandan national football team.

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- Nairobi : Heinemann, 1986

Acholi proverbs / Okot p'Bitek.

- Kampala : Fountain Publishers, 1994

White teeth / Okot p'Bitek.

Okot p’Bitek

On 19 July 1982, Ugandan poet, novelist, and social anthropologist Okot p’Bitek died in Kampala at the age of 51.

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Becoming unpopular with the Ugandan government, he then took various teaching posts outside Uganda.
p'Bitek 's first collection of poetry, 'Song of Lawino', was originally written in the Acholi. This publication was followed by 'Song of Ocol', the husband’s response. - Long Grove, IL : Waveland Press, 2013
Early East African writers and publishers / Bernth Lindfors.

1989
Artist, the ruler : essays on art, culture and values / Okot p'Bitek. This article is divided into two parts: Okot’s biography and the importance of this biographical study.

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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

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In addition to writing poetry, p’Bitek produced several books on Acholi culture.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Selected publications

Song of Lawino; Song of Ocol / Okot p'Bitek. It deals with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wishes everything to be westernised. - Nairobi : Heinemann Kenya, cop.

- Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2011

Hare and hornbill / Okot p'Bitek.