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Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole(Wole)
Born: 1934 AD
Currently alive, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Playwrights, Poets
Currently alive, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Playwrights, Poets
Nigerian activist and author
Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 (1st African recipient)
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Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - Oct 23, 1989) When he was 4 years old, spurred by insatiable curiosity and the beat of a marching drum, Wole Soyinka slipped silently through the gate of his parents' yard and followed a police band to a distant...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - Mar 13, 2007) The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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King Baabu (Modern Plays) by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - Oct 17, 2002) In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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Death and the King's Horseman (Norton Critical Editions) by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - Nov 17, 2002) Death and the King's Horseman(1975) is the most widely read work by Nigerian author Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature. The text is accompanied by an introduction and...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis (The W.E.B. Dubois Institute Series) by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - Aug 7, 1997) Ravaged by the most brutal dictatorship in its history, Nigeria is at a crossroads. While General Abacha's regime generates the very chaos it claims to be controlling, the country's institutions and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Lion and the Jewel (Three Crowns Book) by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - Dec 31, 1966) This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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