an haife shi a 24 ga watan aprilu a shekarar1921. Dan Nigeria ne kuma marubuci. An haife shi a Yenagoa dake jihar bayelsa. Ya fara rubuce rubucen sane bayan yabar makaranta inda yake rubuta ma gidajen redio labarai. A shekarar 1953 ya rubuta The Call Of The River Nun. Inda yasa Mu lambar girma. https://www.olisa.tv/renowned-poet-and-novelist-gabriel-okara-dies-just-before-98th-birthday/ https://archive.org/details/longdrumscannons00laur%7Curl-access=registration%7Caccess-date=8