Title:
A tribute to J.P. Clark, Nigeria's nature poet
Author:
Chinonye Ekwueme-Ugwu
Lecturer, University of Nigeria
Published:
The Conversation, 7 December 2020
From the article:
Everyone dies. Everything that has life must someday relinquish it. But that exit is never final. Plants and animals are generally converted into new states and reabsorbed into nature. Human beings remain alive in people’s memories for varying degrees of time. And if you leave a legacy behind, your life will truly begin after your physical death.
The passing of Nigeria’s foremost poet and playwright, Professor J.P. Clark on 13 October, 2020, has reinforced this belief.