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Wole Soyinka [a] (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of Africa's greatest writers and one of the world's most important dramatists. He is widely regarded as one of Africa's greatest writers and one of the world's most important dramatists.
This is a list of works by Wole Soyinka. Plays. Keffi's Birthday Treat (1954) The Invention (1957) The Swamp Dwellers (1958) A Quality of Violence (1959) [1]
Of Africa is a book written by Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist who is also the author of The Bacchae of Euripides (1969), Season of Anomy amongst others. [1] The book was centered on Africa's culture , religion , history , imagination, and identity, examining how its past intertwines with that of others.
You Must Set Forth at Dawn is an autobiographical work by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright, poet and political activist Wole Soyinka. [1] [2] [3] In this compelling memoir, Soyinka provides an intimate glimpse into his life as an adult, detailing his experiences in and out of Nigeria during some of the nation's most tumultuous periods.
The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka is a 1972 non-fiction book by Wole Soyinka that explores Soyinka's experiences in prison during the Nigerian Civil War. In 1984, a Nigerian court banned the book. [1] In 2011, The Guardian included The Man Died on their list so of the 100 greatest non-fiction books. [2]
The Interpreters is a novel by Wole Soyinka, first published in London by André Deutsch in 1965 [1] and later republished as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. [2] It is the first and one of the only three novels [3] [4] written by Soyinka; he is principally known as a playwright. The novel was written in English and ...
The Strong Breed is one of the best-known plays by Wole Soyinka.It is a tragedy that ends with an individual sacrifice for the sake of a community's benefit. The play is centered on the tradition of egungun, a Yoruba festival tradition in which a scapegoat of the village carries out the evil of the community and is exiled from the civilization.
King Baabu is a play by Wole Soyinka amongst his others plays including The Lion and the Jewel,A Dance of the Forests, and The Strong Breed. Wole Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Prize award in 1986. [1] [2] [3] King Baabu is a satirical play that mirrors the rule of General Abacha in Nigeria through absurdity and humor.