Okello Oculi

Okello Oculi ( * 1942 in the district of the province Dokolo Lango in northern Uganda ) is a Ugandan writer. Oculi documented in his works the rural life in Africa, he used this authentic conversation content, proverbs and folk sayings. He speaks out in his works of African values ​​and condemns the imitation of Europe.

Okello Oculi studied from 1963 to 1967 at Makerere University in Kampala (BA ), where he also edited the magazine The Makererean. It was 1964/65 exchange student at Stanford University. At the University of Essex in England (1967 /68), he earned the title of Master of Arts with A Theory of Secession. He also wrote the novel Prostitute (1968 ), in which he describes the situation of uprooted rural residents who had followed the lure of the city. Also in 1968 he published Orphan, a dramatic narrative in free verse about modern, urban Africa. From 1972 to 1977 he studied at the University of Wisconsin (Ph. D. in Political Science ).

From 1977 to 1990 he taught political science at the University Ahmadu Bello Zaria, Nigeria.

Works

  • Kanti Riti (1974 )
  • Malak (1977 )
  • Kookolem (1978)
  • Discourses on African Affairs: Directions and Destinies for the 21st Century, Africa World Press (December 1999)
Bachelor's degree University of Wisconsin System Ahmadu Bello University Integrated Authority File
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