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Oculi, Okello

Biography

Uganda
Birth date: 1942-01-01
Birth location: Dokolo, Uganda
Okello Oculi, born 1942, is a Ugandan poet and writer on rural African village life. His poetry has been compared to that of Okot p'Bitek and Joseph Buruga, in that he is critical in his writing of colonial influences on Africa and African literature and poetry. He obtained a doctorate in philosophy 1972 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okello_Oculi

Education

  • Makerere University

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