Oku Onuora (formerly Orlando Wong) is a Jamaican dub poet and performer. A poet is someone who writes poetry. ...

Onuora came to public attention in the mid-1970s, while incarcerated for robbery, when his poetry, with its sharp description of lower-class urban life, came to the attention of Jamaican writers who arranged for the publication of his first collection, Reflections in Red. Well-known literary and cultural personalities, and students at the University of the West Indies, campaigned for his release which was achieved in 1977. The University of the West Indies, also known as UWI, is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 16 countries and territories in the Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

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In the Igbo language from the southeastern region of Nigeria. Oku means Fire / Light, while Onuora means never burns out. So in completion, Oku Onuora translates to everlasting fire or light. Igbo is a language spoken in Nigeria by around 18 million speakers (the Igbo), especially in the southeastern region once identified as Biafra. ...