The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Nelson Brambaifa, has described the late Gabriel Okara as a deity of African literature whose voice cannot be stilled. Speaking when he paid a condolence visit to the Okara family in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Professor Brambaifa said Okara’s accomplishments have ensured that his name will never be forgotten. In his condolence letter to the family, Brambaifa, said the late Okara was one of the foremost and dedicated literary icons Nigeria had produced. He urged the Okara family to take solace in the fact that their father lived a glorious life and was a pioneer voice in modern African literature. She observed that the late Okara never intentionally craved for public acknowledgment in his works, noting that he just wanted people to read and enjoy his works.

Source: The Guardian April 21, 2019 03:56 UTC