John Pepper Clark
, b. 1935
John Pepper Clark is a Nigerian poet, essayist, critic and playwright, whose writings mostly focus on mythology and African traditions, especially his Ijaw traditional practices. He studied at the University of Ibadan, where he obtained a degree in English in 1960. With this degree, he became a journalist for the Nigerian government. From there, he moved to Princeton University, on a grant. When he returned to Nigeria, he became a lecturer in the University of Lagos. He has written a number of works, amongst which are the collections of poems: Collection of Poems (1962), A Reed in the Tide (1965), Casualties: Poems (1967), Decade of Tongues (1981), and Mandela and Other Poems (1988). His plays include Three Plays (1964), featuring, Song of a Goat, Masquerade and Raft, and Ozidi (1966).
Bio prepared by Divine Che Neba, University of Yaoundé 1, nebankiwang@yahoo.com and Chester Mbangchia, University of Yaoundé 1, mbangchia25@gmail.com
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