I am proud of the hair with which I was born and as no white woman wishes to do her hair like mine, because she is proud of the hair with which she w… - p’Bitek Okot

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I am proud of the hair with which I was born and as no white woman wishes to do her hair like mine, because she is proud of the hair with which she was born.

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About p’Bitek Okot

Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wishes everything to be westernised.

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Alternative Names: p'Bitek Okot
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