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Juliane Okot Bitek

Juliane Okot Bitek
Juliane Okot Bitek is a poet, writer, and essayist, and is currently a Poetry Ambassador for the City of Vancouver. Her recent book, 100 Days (University of Alberta Press), was a poetic response to the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, for which she wrote a poem a day, for 100 days.


On the Poet Warsan Shire, Nobody’s Little Sister

"I Want to Make Love But My Hair Smells of War and Running"
April 25, 2016  By Juliane Okot Bitek
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