Oculi, Okello, 1942-
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Name (Latin)
Oculi, Okello, 1942-
Other forms of name
Oculli, Okello, 1942-
Date of birth
1942-09-11
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- 200 écrivains africains à Lagos, 1992:page 143 (Otello [sic] Oculi; contribution: Literature, culture and development : a commentary based on the Song of Lawino, the Last Imam and the Last of the Empires)
- Okello Oculi; born 1942, Dokolo county, Lango district, Northern Uganda; while studying at the University of Essex, he wrote Prostitute (1968), a novel dealing with the plight of the uprooted who have left home for the lure of the city; and Orphan (1968), a symbolic tale in free verse about modern urbanized Africa; his later novels included Kanta Riti (1973) and Kookolem (1978); Malak: an African political poem was published in 1976; nonfiction works include Nigerian alternatives (1987) and Discourses on African affairs : directions and destinies for the 21st century (1997) ( (Britannica (online), June 6, 2025) )
- Rethinking global security, 2006:cover (Prof. Okello Oculli)
- Wikipedia, June 6, 2025(Okello Oculi; born 1 January 1942, Dokolo, Uganda; Ugandan novelist, poet, and chronicler of rural African village life; current a private political and social consultant based in Abuja, Nigeria; previously Professor of Social & Economic Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria; studied at Makerere University, BA in Political Science 1967 [it was known then as University of East Africa]; during that time he spent a year as an exchange student at Stanford University, United States, 1964-1965; MA 1968, University of Essex, United Kingdom; PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972)
- Author's Orphan, 1968.
- Colonial capitalism and malnutrition, 1977:t.p. (Okello Oculi) leaf 207 (b. 9/11/1942, Bata, Okwalongwan; attended Stanford, Univ. Essex, Makerere Univ. College, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison; author of Orphan, Prostitute, etc.)