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Soyinka Wole:     more books (100)

A Dance of the Forests by Wole Soyinka, 1963-01-01 The Road by Wole Soyinka, 1970 Beautification of Area Boy (Modern Plays) by Wole Soyinka, 1995-09-11 The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka by Wole Soyinka, 1994-08-18 The Man Died: The Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka by Wole Soyinka, 1988-10 Death and the King's Horseman a Play By Wole Soyinka by Wole Soyinka, 1987 Soyinka Plays: "A Play of Giants"; "From Zia with Love"; "A Source of Hyacinths"; "The Beatification of Area Boy" v. 2 (Contemporary Dramatists) by Wole Soyinka, 1999-02-04 Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years - A Memoir, 1945-67 by Wole Soyinka, 2007-04-26 The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite by Wole Soyinka, 2004-07 Novels of Wole Soyinka by M. Rajeshwar, 1990-05-01 Wole Soyinka: Politics, Poetics, and Postcolonialism (Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature) by Biodun Jeyifo, 2009-05-07 Wole Soyinka: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources (Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies) by James Gibbs, 1986-01-22 Wole Soyinka ; An Anthology of Recent Criticism Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka by Wole Soyinka, 1972-11

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21. HighBeam Research: ELibrary Search: Results
    OF ALBERT EINSTEIN AND WOLE SOYINKA Africa News Service; December 8, 2002 Of Albert Einstein And Wole soyinka wole Soyinka is being referred to as perhaps  
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22. Presidential Lectures: Wole Soyinka: Introduction
    wole soyinka is among contemporary Africa's greatest writers. He is also one of the continent's most imaginative advocates of native culture and of the humane social order it embodies. Born in Western Nigeria in 1934, soyinka grew up in an Anglican mission compound in Aké  
    http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/soyinka
    
    Extractions: Soyinka recalls his father's world in (1989) and recounts his own early life in (1981), two of his several autobiographical books. ends in 1945 when Soyinka is eleven, with his induction into the protest movement that during the next decade won Nigeria's freedom from British rule. The political turbulence of these years framed Soyinka's adolescence and early adulthood, which he chronicles in his most recent autobiographical work, Ibadan, The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir: 1946-1965 The Swamp Dwellers and The Lion and the Jewel, and their successful staging in both London and Ibadan. In 1960 a Rockefeller research grant enabled Soyinka, now 26, to return to Nigeria. There he assembled his own acting company, produced a new play, A Dance of the Forests, and timed its opening to coincide with the country's official celebration of independence in October. Though Soyinka's return from England had been widely welcomed, A Dance of the Forests at once placed him at odds with Nigeria's newly installed leaders as well as with many of his fellow intellectuals. Thematically, the play presents a pageant of black Africa's "recurrent cycle of stupidities," a spectacle designed to remind citizens of the chronic dishonesty and abuse of power which colonialism had bred in generations of native politicians. Stylistically, A Dance of the Forests is a complex fusion of Yoruba festival traditions with European modernism. Hostility greeted the play from almost all quarters. Nigerian authorities were angered by Soyinka's suggestion of wide-spread corruption, leftists complained about the play's elitist aesthetics, and

23. Wole Soyinka (1934- )
    Biography of Nigerian playwright wole soyinka, plus links to all of his works currently in print.  
    http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc53.html
    
    Extractions: Wole Soyinka (1981) as well as in Isara, a Voyage Around "Essay" Soyinka attended the University of Ibadan (1952-54) before earning a BA in English from the University of Leeds. From 1957 to 1959, he served as a script-reader, actor and director at the Royal Court Theatre, London, and while there, developed three experimental pieces with a company of actors he had brought together. Although African writers have traditionally viewed English, French, and other European languages as the tongue of the colonial power, the tool of stigma and imperialism, Soyinka made the decision to write in English in order to gain access to an international audience. In 1960, Soyinka returned to Nigeria and founded the 1960 Masks, a theatre company that would present his first major play, A Dance of the Forests , in which the spirit world and the living world clash over the future of a half-born child. Although A Dance of the Forests exhibits a fairly serious tone, much of Soyinka's early work satirized the absurdities of his society with a gently humorous and affectionate spirit. As the struggle for independence in his country turned sour, however, Soyinka's work began to take on a darker tone.

24. Conversation With Wole Soyinka - Cover Page
    Harry Kreisler interviews Nobel Laureate wole soyinka about writing, theater arts, and political activism. Our guest is Nobel laureate wole soyinka. In an extraordinarily prolific and rich body  
    http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Elberg/Soyinka/soyinka-con0.html
    
    Extractions: Photo by S. Beth Atkin This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas. Welcome to a Conversation with History. Our guest is Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. In an extraordinarily prolific and rich body of work including plays, novels, poems, and essays, Professor Soyinka draws on both Yoruba and western culture to exquisitely weave a subtle understanding of the tragedy and comedy of the human condition. As a human rights activist, he has been a courageous voice for justice, freedom, and the end of tyranny. He has risked his life again and again to articulate the moral principles that provide the foundation for human rights, both in his native Nigeria and around the world. Background: The Early Years values ... words ... mother ... Yoruba culture ... school ... childhood figures

25. Literature 1986
    wole soyinka. Nigeria. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 Press Release Presentation Speech wole soyinka Biography Nobel Lecture Banquet Speech Other Resources.  
    http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1986/

26. Soyinka, Wole
    soyinka, wole, soyinka. Vernon L. Smith. in full AKINWANDE OLUwole soyinka (b. July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria), Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and critic who received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1986. Derek Wright, wole soyinka Revisited ( 1993), discusses soyinka's life and works  
    http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/559_23.html
    
    Extractions: Soyinka Vernon L. Smith in full AKINWANDE OLUWOLE SOYINKA (b. July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria), Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and critic who received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1986. He wrote of modern West Africa in a satirical style and with a tragic sense of the obstacles to human progress. A member of the Yoruba people, Soyinka attended Government College and University College in Ibadan before graduating in English in 1958 from the University of Leeds, in England. Upon his return to Nigeria he founded a national theatre, The 1960 Masks (later the Orisun Theatre), and wrote his first important play, A Dance of the Forests (produced 1960, published 1963), for the Nigerian independence celebrations. The play satirizes the fledgling nation by stripping it of romantic legend and by showing that the present is no more a golden age than was the past. In plays of a lighter vein he made fun of pompous, Westernized schoolteachers, as in The Lion and the Jewel (first performed in Ibadan, 1959; published 1963), and he mocked the clever preachers of upstart prayer-churches who grow fat on the credulity of their parishioners, as in

27. SOYINKA, WOLE
    International forfatterbibliografi.  
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28. Wole Soyinka
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback. wole soyinka (1934) - in full Akinwande Oluwole soyinka wole soyinka was born in Abeokuta, southwestern Nigeria  
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    Extractions: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Wole Soyinka (1934-) - in full Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and critic, first black African who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Soyinka has been imprisoned several times for his criticism of the government and from the 1970s he has lived long periods in exile. Soyinka's plays range from comedy to tragedy, and from political satire to the theatre of the absurd. He has combined influences from Western traditions with African myth, legends and folklore, and such techniques as singing and drumming. "Soyinka probably would like to be recognized most especially as a dramatist and man of the theatre. He implied that much at the opening of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech (dedicated to Nelson Mandela) as he related back to a moment in the past, in his theatrical beginnings, to inform the crucial political situations of the present world order. This recognition would seem to be justified, considering his gamut of plays, but more especially so because in his drama can be located elements of his equally important literary forms..." ( Femi Euba in Postcolonial African Writers , ed. by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne, 1998)

29. Wole Soyinka Winner Of The 1986 Nobel Prize In Literature
    wole soyinka, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. wole soyinka. 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature  
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30. Wole Soyinka Study Guide
    Biography of Nigerian playwright wole soyinka, plus synopses of several of his plays.  
    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/anglophone/soyinka.html
    
    Extractions: Using this Guide Wole Soyinka (born Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka in 1934) is Africa's most distinguished playwright, winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. A Yoruba, he studied first at the University College of Ibadan, then at Leeds University in England, where he came under the influence of the brilliant Shakespeare scholar G. Wilson Knight. The fifties were a period of great experimentation in the theater, both in France and England, and Soyinka was involved with various productions in Great Britain before returning to Nigeria, having been commissioned to write a play to celebrate that nation's independence in 1960 ( A Dance of the Forests). It was a lyrical blend of Western experimentalism and African folk tradition, reflecting a highly original approach to drama. He has always emphasized his African roots, dubbing his early theater troupe "Masks," to acknowledge the role Yoruba pageantry has played in his work. From the beginning he was a political figure, During the Nigerian Civil War he was not sufficiently anti-Biafran to suit the government and was put into solitary confinement for two years, being released only after an intense international campaign. This experience is movingly recounted in his book, A Man Died.

31. Wole Soyinka Winner Of The 1986 Nobel Prize In Literature
    wole soyinka, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. wole soyinka. 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature Books by wole soyinka. Books about wole soyinka  
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32. Wole Soyinka - Biography
    wole soyinka – Biography. wole soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory  
    http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1986/soyinka-bio.html
    
    Extractions: Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan, he continued at the University of Leeds , where, later, in 1973, he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England, he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London 1958-1959. In 1960, he was awarded a Rockefeller bursary and returned to Nigeria to study African drama. At the same time, he taught drama and literature at various universities in Ibadan, Lagos, and Ife, where, since 1975, he has been professor of comparative literature. In 1960, he founded the theatre group, "The 1960 Masks" and in 1964, the "Orisun Theatre Company", in which he has produced his own plays and taken part as actor. He has periodically been visiting professor at the universities of Cambridge Sheffield , and Yale During the civil war in Nigeria, Soyinka appealed in an article for cease-fire. For this he was arrested in 1967, accused of conspiring with the Biafra rebels, and was held as a political prisoner for 22 months untill 1969. Soyinka has published about 20 works: drama, novels and poetry. He writes in English and his literary language is marked by great scope and richness of words.

33. Redirects For Victorian Web, Postcolonial Web, And Cyberspace, Hypertext, & Crit
    Biographical information, works and themes, from the Landow Web at Brown University.  
    http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/soyinka/soyinkaov.html

34. : : : : : Nigeria - Literatura : : : : :
    Informaci³n sobre la obra de los escritores Chinua Achebe, wole soyinka y Ben Okri.  
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35. PHONE-SOFT INTERNET-VERZEICHNIS DEUTSCHLAND:SOYINKA, WOLE
    Afrika in Bayern Bücher, Romane, wole soyinka. Afrikanische Literatur - wole soyinka. ai-Journal 11/2001 NIGERIA wole soyinka - Interview und Buchtip. BerlinOnline wole soyinka zeigt in Berlin sein neues Theaterstück MAGAZIN Nr. 2 wole soyinka. soyinka, wole - Vita. wdr.de - Nobelpreisträger soyinka im Funkhausgespräch. wole soyinka. wole soyinka (baeng-2000.de)  
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    Extractions: TOP-LINK UP-LINK DISCUSSION SEARCH ... HELP SOYINKA, WOLE Afrika in Bayern - Bücher, Romane, Wole Soyinka Afrikanische Literatur - Wole Soyinka ai-Journal 11/2001 NIGERIA Wole Soyinka - Interview und Buchtip BerlinOnline: Wole Soyinka zeigt in Berlin sein neues Theaterstück ... Paradies mit Höllenhunden - Rezension von Wole Soyinkas "Ibadan. Streunerjahre 1946-1965" in BerlinOnline: LITERATUR. So oder So MAGAZIN Nr. 2: Wole Soyinka Soyinka, Wole - Vita wdr.de - Nobelpreisträger Soyinka im Funkhausgespräch Wole Soyinka ... Wole Soyinka (baeng-2000.de) GLEICHE KATEGORIE: INTERNATIONAL

36. Nigeria Ein Pulverfaß + Interview Mit Wole Soyinka
    Reisebericht ¼ber Nigeria und ein Interview mit dem Literaturnobelpreistr¤ger wole soyinka ¼ber die politische Lage des Landes.  
    http://www.oeko-net.de/kommune/kommune3-97/ZZNIGERI.html
    
    Extractions: Angelika Burkhard Wie immer, Ende Kano liegt im Bis heute konnten Um Ausgleich sorgen Ken Saro-Wiwa (vgl. Peter Mosler: "Hört irgend jemand zu? Ken Saro-Wiwa und die Zerstörung des Ogoni-Landes-, Kommune 10/96), der im November 1995 zusammen mit acht weiteren Bürgerrechtlern in Port Harcourt gehängt wurde, hatte ebenfalls ein Stück dieser "nigerianischen Karriere- durchlaufen. Er spekulierte nach dem Biafra-Krieg mit zerstörten Häusern und wurde Millionär. Er war Politiker im Nigerdelta, Schriftsteller, Fernsehproduzent und Verleger. In den siebziger Jahren wohnte er in der Nachbarschaft General Abachas, des Mannes, der ihn später hinrichten ließ, nachdem er ihm noch einige Zeit davor einen Posten in der Politik angeboten haben soll, wie das Nachrichtenmagazin TELL Die Propaganda der regierungstreuen Radio- und Fernsehanstalten hat Ken Saro-Wiwa noch zu Lebzeiten in Mißkredit gebracht. Im Norden halten ihn die einfachen Menschen deshalb für einen, der sich genauso bereichern wollte, wie alle einflußreichen Leute des Landes. Im Delta dagegen bekommt man zu hören, daß die im Norden den Reichtum aus dem Ölgeschäft einheimsen und Angst hätten, daß sich der Süden vom Land abspalten könnte. Ken Saro-Wiwa ist im Delta ein Held und Märtyrer. Besonders im Norden ist man mißtrauisch, weil er in Europa und Amerika solche Popularität erlangte. "Er ist nicht der erste und nicht der letzte, der hingerichtet wurde-, heißt es abwehrend. "Warum habt ihr euch gerade für den so erwärmt?-

37. Wole Soyinka, 1998 Elberg Lecturer
    Brief bio of wole soyinka and information about his visit to UC Berkeley s Institute of International Studies in April of 1998. wole soyinka.  
    http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Elberg/Soyinka/
    
    Extractions: Wole Soyinka is the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1934, Soyinka studied first at the University College of Ibadan, then at Leeds University in England, where he received his Ph.D. in 1973. Soyinka's literary career began in the experimental theater of the 1950s in England. In 1960 he was commissioned by the Nigerian government to write a play celebrating Nigerian independence. His play, A Dance of the Forests, has been called "a lyrical blend of Western experimentalism and African folk tradition, reflecting a highly original approach to drama." (Professor Paul Brians, Washington State Unversity Department of English) Early plays include The Lion and the Jewel The Trials of Brother Jero (1964), and Madmen and Specialists (1970). Other well-known works include his memoir

38. Wole Soyinka Winner Of The 1986 Nobel Prize In Literature
    Nobel Prize page on playwright wole Soyinkaincludes a biography and related links.  
    http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/literature/1986a.html

39. Wole Soyinka --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
    soyinka, wole Britannica Student Encyclopedia. MLA style wole soyinka. Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.  
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40. Creative Quotations From Wole Soyinka (1934-____)
    . . wole soyinka (1934) born on Jul 3 Nigerian playwright, novelist, critic. Search millions of documents for wole soyinka. Highbeam Research,  
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    Extractions: heavy with knowledge. My father used to tell me stories before I fell asleep. When the children would gather, at a certain point, I had a tendency to make up my own elementary variations on stories I had heard, or to invent totally new ones. The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

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