Gabriel Okara
Nigerian poet and novelist
Gabriel Imomotimi Okara was a Nigerian poet and novelist who was born in Bumoundi in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Wikipedia
Born: April 24, 1921, Yenagoa, Nigeria
Died: March 25, 2019 (age 97 years), Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Nigeria
Education: Northwestern University, Government College Umuahia, and Medill School of Journalism
Nationality: Nigerian
Notable work: The Voice