Memory of the World; 2012 - unesdoc - Unesco

� � � Some examples of the retrieved manuscripts
of Christopher Okigbo, featuring previously
unreleased poems in the poet’s handwriting.
of Biafra, but also represent one of the rare artistic
outcomes of that vanished era.
The drafts of the poet’s Anthem to Biafra (Land of our
Birth) not only recapture the mood of the time and the
basis of the poet’s sacrifice, but also his fears, doubts
and prophetic insights into the traumas destined to
bring the Biafran dream to an unfulfilled end.
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