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Find out more about the greatest Nigerian Poets, including Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ben Okri and Nnimmo Bassey.

Famous Nigerian Poets

Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
15 September 1977
Writer
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe
16 November 1930
Nigerian novelist

Ken Saro-WiwaKen Saro-Wiwa
10 October 1941
Writer, Poet, Screenwriter

Ben OkriBen Okri
15 March 1959
Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Author, Poet

Gabriel OkaraGabriel Okara
24 April 1921
Poet

Christopher OkigboChristopher Okigbo
16 August 1932
Poet
Okwui EnwezorOkwui Enwezor
23 October 1963
Curator

J. P. ClarkJ. P. Clark
06 April 1935
Poet

Nnimmo BasseyNnimmo Bassey
 
Solomon BabalolaSolomon Babalola
17 December 1926
Poet