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P'Bitek, Okot
Biography
Uganda
Birth date: 1931-06-07
Birth location:
Gulu,
Uganda
Death date: 1982-07-20
Okot p'Bitek was a Ugandan poet who received fame for his long-form poem "Song of Lawino," published in 1966 and originally written in the Acholi dialect of Southern Luo but translated to English. p'Bitek left Uganda to teach at the University of Iowa in 1969 and remained in exile until 1982.
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University of Bristol
Oxford University
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