p’Bitek Okot

Ugandan poet.

Born June 7th, 1931 in Gulu.

Died July 20th, 1982 at 51 years old in Kampala. [ref]

Occupations
poet, university teacher, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel