Ogonna Agu
Biographic Data
| ID | 367425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ogonna Agu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ogonna |
| FAMILY NAME | Agu |
| SIGNATURE | AGU O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calabar |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Songs and war
In recent times, interest has been generated in the study of oral literature even though this has been a much neglected area of concern in many modern societies in Africa. As some critics have already noted, since the coming of the written tradition, what has generally been referred to as 'songs' have been despised as not being worthy of critical attention by scholars. Karin Barber, in making a case for this, stated that, 'oral literature everywh…
Prose and poetry
The House of Death
Lonesongs at Dawn
Ogonna Agu is in the department of English at the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, now rapidly reestablishing its important educational work after the destruction it suffered during the civil war. He calls the collection of poems he submitted Lonesongs at Dawn. A selection of verses from this volume are printed here. The war inevitably intrudes -its presence is too recent and cruel to be escapable. But the mood is not of violence and anger but of…
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The House of Death
Lonesongs at Dawn
Ogonna Agu is in the department of English at the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, now rapidly reestablishing its important educational work after the destruction it suffered during the civil war. He calls the collection of poems he submitted Lonesongs at Dawn. A selection of verses from this volume are printed here. The war inevitably intrudes -its presence is too recent and cruel to be escapable. But the mood is not of violence and anger but of…
Prose and poetry
Songs and war
In recent times, interest has been generated in the study of oral literature even though this has been a much neglected area of concern in many modern societies in Africa. As some critics have already noted, since the coming of the written tradition, what has generally been referred to as 'songs' have been despised as not being worthy of critical attention by scholars. Karin Barber, in making a case for this, stated that, 'oral literature everywh…
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