Description: (Nigerian Novelist and Poet Who was the First Poet of Anglophone African Origin to Embrace Modernism)
Gabriel Okara was a Nigerian poet and novelist credited as the pioneering modernist poet of Anglophone Africa. He was recognized for his innovative novel, The Voice, as well as acclaimed poetry collections such as The Fisherman's Invocation and The Dreamer, His Vision. Okara's writing was marked by its incorporation of African thought, religion, folklore, and imagery, leading to his moniker as "the Nigerian Negritudist." His impact on Nigerian literature in English and modern African poetry was significant.