CRITICISM

Fike, Matthew A. “Jean Toomer and Okot p'Bitek in Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens.” MELUS 25, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 2000): 141-60.

Examines how Walker's treatment of material from Toomer and p'Bitek further illuminates her essay's handling of black women writers.

Liyong, Taban lo. “On Translating the Untranslated: Chapter 14 of Wer pa Lawino by Okot p'Bitek.” Research in African Literatures 24, no. 3 (fall 1993): 87-92.

Discusses the translation of chapter 14 from We pa Lawino, the Acholi-language version of Song of Lawino, which does not have a chapter 14 in its English publication.

O'Brien, Sara Talis. “Okot p'Bitek and Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol.” In A Teacher's Guide to African Narratives, pp. 45-61. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1998.

Provides background on the Acholi people of Uganda, explanation of literary techniques and plot outlines of Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol, and information on p'Bitek's life and works to inspire classroom discussion of African literature.

Wanambisi, Monica Nalyaka. Thought and Technique in the Poetry of Okot p'Bitek. New York: Vantage Press, 1984, 139 p.

Book-length analysis of p'Bitek's literary techniques and themes.

Additional coverage of p'Bitek's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: African Writers; Black Literature Criticism, Ed. 3; Black Writers, Eds. 2, 3; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 107, 124; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 82; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 96; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 125; DISCovering Authors Modules: Multicultural; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; and World Literature and Its Times, Vol. 2.