Yaw Nsarkoh: Those who understand the drums, let them dance

In Kampala, Christopher Okigbo famously lashed out unrepentantly at his literary critics. They had insisted that Okigbo’s poetry was inaccessible to the masses. The great man responded, trenchantly, that he writes poetry for poets. And that art was not a contest for the popular vote. I love Christopher Okigbo for refusing the populist bait. When []