Jared Angira

Jared Angira (born 21 November 1947) is a Kenyan poet. He has been called "the country's first truly significant poet".^[1]

Life

Angira studied commerce at the University of Nairobi^[2] from 1968 until 1971. He contributed to the first (1968) issue of the journal Busara, and was appointed its editor-in-chief in 1969. He also founded the Kenya Writers' Association.

Works

Juices, 1970
Silent Voices, 1972
Soft Corals, 1973
"Experimental Writing", in Gurr and Calder, Writers in East Africa, 1974.

References

^ Albert S. Gérard (1986). European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 913. ISBN 978-963-05-3834-3. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^ Profile at African Poetry Review.

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[Gérard1986-1] Albert S. Gérard (1986). European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 913. ISBN 978-963-05-3834-3. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

[2] Profile at African Poetry Review.

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