Background
Soyinka, Wole was born on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Son of Ayo and Eniola.
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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 Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.
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( 'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and argu...)
'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest' - New York Times Book Review A Play of Giants is a savage satire on some of the best-known dictators of our time (including Idi Amin); it brings together a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy in New York attempting to make decisions together. Its theatrical predecessors include: Genet's The Balcony and Brecht's Arturo Ui. From Zia with Love and A Scourge of Hyacinths; When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison - based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka's stage play From Zia with Love and radio play A Scourge of Hyacinths, were produced in the early 90s.
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("Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguab...)
"Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest." (New York Times Book Review) When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison. Based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka's stage play From Zia with Love and radio play A Scourge of Hyacinths, were produced in the early 90s when the writer was exiled by Sani Abacha's notorious and unjust military regime.
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( 'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and argu...)
'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest' - New York Times Book Review A Play of Giants is a savage satire on some of the best-known dictators of our time (including Idi Amin); it brings together a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy in New York attempting to make decisions together. Its theatrical predecessors include: Genet's The Balcony and Brecht's Arturo Ui. From Zia with Love and A Scourge of Hyacinths; When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison - based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka's stage play From Zia with Love and radio play A Scourge of Hyacinths, were produced in the early 90s.
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(The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A...)
The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A naked satire on the rule of General Abacha in Nigeria, the play chronicles the debauched rule of General Basha Bash who takes power in a coup and exchanges his general's uniform for a robe and crown re-christening himself King Baabu. In the manner of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, Soyinka develops a special childish language for his cast of characters who have names like Potipoo and General Uzi. Weaving together burlesque comedy, theatrical excess and storytelling, King Baabu has already been coined as a pet name for the despot par excellence. "We turn Guatu into kingdom, ruled by kings. Nobody complain any more. General Basha Bash is dead. Long Live King Baabu."
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(The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A...)
The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A naked satire on the rule of General Abacha in Nigeria, the play chronicles the debauched rule of General Basha Bash who takes power in a coup and exchanges his general's uniform for a robe and crown re-christening himself King Baabu. In the manner of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, Soyinka develops a special childish language for his cast of characters who have names like Potipoo and General Uzi. Weaving together burlesque comedy, theatrical excess and storytelling, King Baabu has already been coined as a pet name for the despot par excellence. "We turn Guatu into kingdom, ruled by kings. Nobody complain any more. General Basha Bash is dead. Long Live King Baabu."
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This is a sequel to Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's previous volumes of autobiography, "Ake" and "Isara". It tells the story of Maren, Soyinka's alter ego, as he moves from schooldays in Ibadan to student days in Leeds, stints as a play reader in London, an abortive attempt to become a cafe singer in Paris, travels to other parts of the world, and finally a post as research fellow in drama back in Ibadan. Throughout all his travels he becomes increasingly antagonistic to the corrupt authorities, opposing them firstly through writing and then by direct action.
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(This wonderful book of poems: A Shuttle in the Crypt by W...)
This wonderful book of poems: A Shuttle in the Crypt by Wole Soyinka is inspiring. Wole Soyinka was arrestred by the Nigerian Government for writing sympathetic to secessionist Biafrs, and was placed in solitary confinement for twenty-two months. Many of these poems here were written on toilet paper while he was in prison.
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( First collection of poems for ten years by the Nobel Pr...)
First collection of poems for ten years by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist. Many of these poems were written whilst Soyinka was in enforced travel after a price was placed on his head by Sani Abacha, the Nigerian dictator, and thus address themes of journey and exile. "One of the liveliest, most exciting writers in the world today."-The New York Times
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( A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a...)
A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Wole Soyinka has translated—in both language and spirit—a great classic of ancient Greek theater. He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences and rhythms of chorus and solo verse as well as a commanding dramatic use of the central social and religious myth. In his hands The Bacchae becomes a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the human and social psyche. "The Bacchae is the rites of an extravagant banquet, a monstrous feast," Soyinka writes. "Man reaffirms his indebtedness to earth, dedicates himself to the demands of continuity, and invokes the energies of productivity. Reabsorbed within the communal psyche he provokes the resources of nature; in turn he is replenished for the cyclic rain in his fragile individual potency." The blending of two master playwrights—Euripides and Soyinka—makes for an unforgettable experience.
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( A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a...)
A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Wole Soyinka has translated—in both language and spirit—a great classic of ancient Greek theater. He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences and rhythms of chorus and solo verse as well as a commanding dramatic use of the central social and religious myth. In his hands The Bacchae becomes a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the human and social psyche. "The Bacchae is the rites of an extravagant banquet, a monstrous feast," Soyinka writes. "Man reaffirms his indebtedness to earth, dedicates himself to the demands of continuity, and invokes the energies of productivity. Reabsorbed within the communal psyche he provokes the resources of nature; in turn he is replenished for the cyclic rain in his fragile individual potency." The blending of two master playwrights—Euripides and Soyinka—makes for an unforgettable experience.
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(A record of 27 months of imprisonment of a Nigerian write...)
A record of 27 months of imprisonment of a Nigerian writer held as a political prisoner in 1967-1969 at a time of civil war and secession of the state of Biafra.
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The Nobel Prize-winning African writer, Wole Soyinka, was imprisoned without trial by the federal authorities at the start of the Nigerian Civil War. Here he records his arrest and interrogation, the efforts made to incriminate him, and the searing mental effects of solitary confinement.
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Soyinka, Wole was born on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Son of Ayo and Eniola.
University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and University of Leeds, England.
Worked at Royal Court Theatre, London. Research Fellow in Drama, University of Ibadan 1960-1961. Lecturer in English, University of Ife 1962-1963.
Senior Lecturer in English, University of Lagos 67. Political prisoner 1967-1969. Artistic Director and Head Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan 1969-1972.
Research Professor, in Dramatic Literature, University of Ife 1972, Professor, of Comparative Literature and Head of Department, of Dramatic Arts since 1976. Director Orisun Theatre, 1960 Masks. LiteraryEd. Orisun Acting Editions.
President Institute Theatre Institute since 1986. Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge 1973-1974. Fellow, Ghana Association of Writers, Pan-African Writers Association.
Chairman Nigeria Road Safety Commission 91. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Leeds) 1973, (Yale) 1981, (Morehouse), (Paul Valery), (Bayreuth), (Ibadan). Prisoner of Conscience.
Commander Legion d'honneur. Commander Federation Republic of Nigeria 1986. Commander.
( 'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and argu...)
( 'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and argu...)
(The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A...)
(The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A...)
(A record of 27 months of imprisonment of a Nigerian write...)
(The Nobel Prize-winning African writer, Wole Soyinka, was...)
(This is a sequel to Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's pre...)
( First collection of poems for ten years by the Nobel Pr...)
( A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a...)
( A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a...)
(This wonderful book of poems: A Shuttle in the Crypt by W...)
(This drama was first performed as part of the Nigerian In...)
(This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dra...)
("Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguab...)
(This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dra...)
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(Poems by Wole Soyinka)
(Book by Soyinka, Wole)
(1973, 42pp)
Author: (plays) The Lion and the Jewel, 1959, The Swamp Dwellers, 1959, A Dance of the Forests, 1960, The Trials of Brother Jero, 1961, The Strong Breed, 1962, The Road, 1964, Kongi's Harvest, 1965, Madmen and Specialists, 1961, Before the Blackout, 1971, Jero's Metamorphosis, 1974, Camwood on the Leaves, 1973, The Bacchae of Euripides, 1974, Death and the King's Horseman, 1975, Opera Wonyosi, 1978, A Play of Giants, 1984, From Zia With Love, 1994, Beatification of An Area Boy, 1998, King Baabu, 2001. (novels) The Interpreters, 1964, The Forest of a Thousand Demons, Season of Anomy, 1973. (non-fiction) The Man Died, 1972, Aké: The Years of Childhood, 1982, Isarà: A Voyage Around Essay, 1989, IBADAN: The Penkelemes Years, 1994, The Open Sore of a Continent, A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis, 1996.(essays) The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness, 1999. (poetry) Idanre and Other Poems, 1967, Poems of Black Africa, 1975, Ogun Abibiman, 1977, A Shuttle in the Crypt, 1972, Mandela's Earth and Other Poems, 1988, Outsiders, 1999, Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known, 2002. (film) Blues for a Prodigal, 1985.(radio play) A Scourge of Hyacinths, 1993. (essay collection) Art, Dialogue and Outrage, 1992.
Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters., Fellow African Academy of Sciences.
Son of Son of Soyinka.