Esiaba Irobi dies

Sad news
The poet Esiaba Irobi (photographed by me above in London on 1 April 2006) has died. He passed away last night in Berlin. This is all we know, for now.

• Update: Nnorom Azuonye on Esiaba Irobi

Okigbo Conference

Images from the Christopher Okigbo International Conference held last month - 19 to 23 September. Here the poet Esiaba Irobi poses with Obiageli, an artist and Okigbo's only child.


Esiaba Irobi and four participants @ the Christopher Okigbo International Conference.


*Irobi's images courtesy of the poet.

• Online - Images and a report of the conference by Rudolf Okonkwo.
• An old issue raised its controversial head at the conference - read about it in African Writing. The magazine's editor, Afam Akeh, also discusses his love for Okigbo's poetry.

The September issue of the Sentinel Poetry Online was devoted entirely to Okigbo. The Christopher Okigbo Special Edition featured contributions by devotees including Obi Nwakanma, Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo, Uduma Kalu, Obiwu, Obododimma Oha & Jumoke Verissimo.