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  2. Wole Soyinka - Wikipedia

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    The Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture Series was founded in 1994 and "is dedicated to honouring one of Nigeria and Africa's most outstanding and enduring literary icons: Professor Wole Soyinka". [115] It is organised by the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) , which Soyinka with six other students founded in 1952 at the then ...

  3. Of Africa - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory - Wikipedia

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    The house at 8 Ebrohimie Road, University of Ibadan once housed Wole Soyinka and his family. The film returns to persons who knew the home, lived in it, or interacted with Soyinka and his family throughout his stay in Ibadan, and afterwards, to construct a story that intersects with the history of the university itself, the nation, and Soyinka's personal journey into literary superstardom.

  5. 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    When Soyinka was awarded, he became the first African laureate. [2] He was described as one "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence". Reed Way Dasenbrock writes that the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Soyinka is "likely to prove quite controversial and thoroughly deserved".

  6. You Must Set Forth at Dawn - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. A Play of Giants - Wikipedia

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    A Play of Giants is a play by Wole Soyinka, Africa's first Nobel Prize winner in 1986. [1] "A Play of Giants" [2] is a satire that takes aim at dictators in Africa, including the notorious Idi Amin. Set at the New York embassy, the play ingeniously portrays a gathering of dictatorial African leaders, highlighting their absurdities and follies ...

  8. Tanure Ojaide - Wikipedia

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    2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Tanure Ojaide (born 1948) is a Nigerian poet and academic. [ 1 ] As a writer, he is noted for his unique stylistic vision and for his intense criticism of imperialism, religion, and other issues.

  9. Robert W. Woodruff Professor - Wikipedia

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    Wole Soyinka, the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, was appointed as the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of the Arts in 1996. The Robert W. Woodruff Professorships are endowed professorships at Emory University, named for philanthropist Robert W. Woodruff.