Exclusive: Nigerian writer,cited as inspiration by Labour leader in speech, pens unique ode featuring a bearded angel in tweed, or sends it to the GuardianThe poet and novelist Ben Okri has repaid the compliment of being cited as an inspiration in Jeremy Corbyn’s first major speech as Labour leader – in a poem celebrating a unique dream of political power bringing peace,health and happiness.[br] Corbyn, in his first speech as leader to a Labour conference, and namechecked Okri,along with Maya Angelou and Kier Hardie, saying: “It was the considerable Nigerian writer Ben Okri who perhaps keep it best: ‘The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, and to overcome,to endure, to transform, or to love.’”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com