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

Born 1959, Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and writer, writing primarily in the postcolonial and postmodern tradition. Okri's success as a writer began when he published his first novel Flowers and Shadows in 1980. He served West Africa magazine as poetry editor from 1983 to 1986, and was a regular contributor to the BBC World Service between 1983 and 1985. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Okri