Three signed books by Gabriel Okara (1921–2019), the first Modernist poet of

anglophone Africa and winner of the 1979 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. All signed

and dated 24/10/03.

1. The Fisherman's Invocation. Benin City: Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1979.

First Nigerian edition. Okara's landmark poetry collection, winner of the 1979

Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Inscribed: "To David / from / Gabriel with best

wishes" with signature. David Clark was successor to Lowell Dunham at World

Literature Today, University of Oklahoma. Covers worn with creasing to spine

base; interior clean.

2. An Adventure to Juju Island. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria)

Plc, 2001 reprint (first published 1992). Frontliners series. Flat-signed with

signature and date. Covers near fine; interior clean.

3. Little Snake and Little Frog. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria)

Plc, 2002 reprint (first published 1981). Frontliners series. Flat-signed with

signature and date. Covers near fine; interior clean.

Okara died in 2019 at age 97. Signed copies of his work are essentially absent

from the market.