Okri, Ben

About Ben Okri

Official Homepage

Reviews

Merritt, Stephanie. "The Freedom Artist by Ben Okri Review." The Guardian, 12 Feb. 2019

Fraser, Robert. "Incantatory Beauty." Third World Quartlery, vol. 11, no. 2, Apr. 1989

Interviews

Guignery, Vanessa. "An Interview With Ben Okri." Callaloo, vol. 38, no. 5, 2015

Rowell, Charles Henry. "An Interview With Ben Okri." Callaloo, vol. 37, no. 2, 2014

Criticism

Mathuray, Mark. "The Famished Road After Postmodernism: African Modernism and the Politics of Subalternity." Callaloo, vol. 38, no. 5, 2015

Gray, Rosemary. "Creative Imagination in Ben Okri's The Landscapes Within." English Academy Review, vol. 30, no. 2, 2013

De Bruijn, Esther. "Coming to Terms with New Ageist Contamination: Cosmopolitanism in Ben Okri's The Famished Road." Research in African Literatures, vol. 38, no. 4, 2007

McCabe, Douglas. ""Higher Realities": New Age Spirituality in Ben Okri's The Famished Road." Research in African Literatures, vol. 36, no. 4, 2005

Ogunsanwo, Olatubosun. "Intertextuality and Post-Colonial Literature in Ben Okri's The Famished Road." Research in African Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, 1995

Works

Novels

The Freedom Artist (2019)

The Age of Magic (2014)

Starbook (2007)

In Arcadia (2002)

Infinite Riches (1998)

Dangerous Love (1996)

Astonishing the Gods (1995)

Songs of Enchantment (1993)

Tha Famished Road (1991)

The Landscapes Within (1981)

Flowers and Shadows (1980)

Short Story Collections

The Mystery Feast: Thoughts on Storytelling (2015)

Tales of Freedom (2009)

Stars of the New Curfew (1988)

Incidents at the Shrine (1986)

Poetry Collections

A Fire in my Head (2021)

Wild (2012)

Mental Fight (1999)

An African Elegy (1992)

Audio and Audiovisual Material

Ben Okri Talks about His Novel The Famished Road. YouTube, 21 Nov. 2019

Wagner, Marc-Christoph. "Ben Okri Interview: We Can Ascend Mountains." YouTube, 19 Sep. 2019