Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (1921-2019)

[Vanguard] Early in 1994, I had gone to visit the poet Gabriel Okara in Port Harcourt. He lived then in the Rumuibekwe Estate, and was under the loving care of his daughter. I spent a long day chatting and drinking tea. What struck me was the poet's mental acuity. His memory was sharp as razor. His surroundings were Spartan, almost depressingly so, but it had one, very well preserved Piano, and Okara did tell me quite a bit about his love of the Piano as a musical instrument which he played when he was much younger.

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