← John Pepper ClarkThe Casualtiesby John Pepper ClarkVerse drama capturing Nigerian civil war casualties and human costsFind on Amazon↗About the authorJohn Pepper ClarkNigerian poet and playwright whose work drew on Ijaw oral tradition and Western drama. His verse play Song of a Goat and his poetry collection A Reed in the Tide are landmark texts of Nigerian literature.More by John Pepper ClarkSong of a GoatTragic drama of infidelity, shame, and family collapse in Ijaw community→A Reed in the Tide→America Their AmericaPoetry collection critiquing colonialism and celebrating African independence→Mandela and Other Poems→