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Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Yankee101: 6:58pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Yep, JP Clark was a name among names Rest in peace 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Peace081: 6:58pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Rip to a ln Icon 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by ateamblezing(f): 6:59pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
my favourite poem is abiku, may your soul rest in peace. 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by illicit(m): 6:59pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
tutudesz: Wow 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Nobody: 7:04pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
OlujobaSamuel:especially Nairalanders!! 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by ajebuter(f): 7:04pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Wow! We English and Literature graduates will always cherish him.. My favorite of his poem ( although poetry is my least favorite genre of literature) is ' "Lest We Should be the Last'.. Man was a Legend.. I Stan! 2 Likes |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by davit: 7:06pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Adieu Bekederemo J Pepper Clark 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by ejimatic: 7:07pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Throwback:Ola Rotimi is gone too 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Chikpat(m): 7:07pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
It was great reading JP Clark back then in my alma mater. I loved his works alot and I am proud of doing literature in English as a science student. I still miss Festus Iyayi and now JP is gone. May God grant you eternal rest in His bosom. And like Abiku, if you wish, come back again as a literary giant. My personal tribute to Professor John Pepper Clark is his own peom- ABIKU Coming and going these several seasons, Do stay out on the baobab tree, Follow where you please your kindred spirits If indoors is not enough for you. True, it leaks through the thatch When floods brim the banks, And the bats and the owls Often tear in at night through the eaves, And at harmattan, the bamboo walls Are ready tinder for the fire That dries the fresh fish up on the rack. Still, it’s been the healthy stock To several fingers, to many more will be Who reach to the sun. No longer then bestride the threshold But step in and stay For good. We know the knife scars Serrating down your back and front Like beak of the sword-fish, And both your ears, notched As a bondsman to this house, Are all relics of your first comings. Then step in, step in and stay For her body is tired, Tired, her milk going sour Where many more mouths gladden the heart. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by ThreeEyedRaven: 7:09pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Many youths wouldn't know this man because our curriculum is wack ..they also killed history in schools in order to keep us oblivious of the very essence of our own existence as a people in a country. RiP sir. Regards to Achebe when you meet at the other side 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Rahkman: 7:10pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Throwback:cyprain ekwensi is gone too passport of mallam illia i just love that book 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by donprinyo(m): 7:10pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
nonsense death, why not visit aso rock? |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by dahmie2013: 7:11pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Rest in peace Sir! I studied your poems. |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Prettychild(f): 7:11pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
tutudesz:May his soul rest in peace. A great and erudite literary scholar is gone. It's well 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by 4evaReina: 7:11pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Rest on sir!! Your legacies lives on! 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Dreambeat: 7:12pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
His poem 'The Casualties' which I read in my early secondary school was my first knowledge of the Biafran war. RIP Prof J.P Clark 2 Likes |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Apination(m): 7:13pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
J.P Clark the great poet, rest on in the land of ABIKU 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by prof800(m): 7:20pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
On to the great yonder. Soar on the wings of the clouds. J.P Clark 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Nobody: 7:22pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
"The wives Revolt" I read the book in JSS2 4 Likes |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by sonofthunder: 7:22pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
tutudesz: RIP. Reading your works as a child/teen, I thought you were a white man and so was terrible confused how your writings touched so well on African culture. Rest on. 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by xxxXXXxxx: 7:24pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Great man in his life time 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Bahamas95(m): 7:25pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
RIP sir. Forever in my heart. 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by chatinent: 7:26pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Penlords 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by amliftedhigher: 7:29pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Rest in peace great one 1 Like |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Nobody: 7:30pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
The man who gave us "Abiku"... Farewell. 2 Likes |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by joefelin2345: 7:30pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
ejimatic:What about Elechi Amadi ? He is gone as well. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by luap1990(m): 7:31pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
So sorry for the loss. One of his poems lingers on... ÌBÀDÀN -JP CLARK Ìbàdàn, running splash of Rust and gold flung and Scattered among the seven Hills like a broken China In the Sun. 5 Likes |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by chiefolododo(m): 7:33pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
[quote author=tutudesz post=94897232] Soyinka is the last man standing among them, Soyinka and J.P friendship dated back to the 60ths[/quote May Soyinka never die |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by uncleinans(m): 7:33pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Virus99: people born in the 90s wont know this. |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Nobody: 7:33pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
Awwnnn. John pepper Clark. Very renouned poet. I remember his night rain poetry work in ss1. oh.. so nostalgic. "Bobbed up bellywise.". that's the only thing I still remember from that poem. Wow old memories. So he's black. Used to think he's white. RIP. 3 Likes |
Re: Prof. John Pepper Clark Is Dead by Dreambeat: 7:33pm On Oct 13, 2020 |
ajebuter:I think this was written by Kwesu Brew. Great poem too |
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