International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 12(2), pp. 86-91, June 2024

 ISSN: 2360-7831

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijelc2024230

 

Review

 

Abstract

 

Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Okri is considered one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern and post-colonial traditions, and has been compared favorably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, Okri won the Booker Prize with his novel The Famished Road. Okri won the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road (1991), the story of Azaro, an abiku (“spirit child”), and his quest for identity. ... Although typically not overtly political, Okri's works nevertheless convey clear and urgent messages about the need for Africans to reforge their identities. Ben Okri has brought the essence of Nigerian storytelling to a worldwide literary audience. A novelist and poet of great critical acclaim, he has made a significant contribution to the contemporary African literary canon. Mr Okri's novel The Famished Road won the 1991 Booker Prize for Fiction.

 

Keywords: post modern, identity, Booker Prize, urgent messages contemporary literature 

 

Cite This Article As: Elzein Fadl Allah, MA (2024). Ben Okri’s Literary Experience. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 12(2): 86-91