Biodun Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and
influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political
activism. Jeyifo carries out detailed analyses of Soyinka's most
ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by
Soyinka's use of literature and theatre for radical political
purposes. He gives a fascinating account of the profound but
paradoxical affinities and misgivings Soyinka has felt about the
significance of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century.
Jeyifo also explores Soyinka's works with regard to the impact on
his artistic sensibilities of the pervasiveness of representational
ambiguity and linguistic exuberance in Yoruba culture. The analyses
and evaluations of this study are presented in the context of
Soyinka's sustained engagement with the violence of collective
experience in post-independence, postcolonial Africa and the
developing world. No existing study of Soyinka's works and career
has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex
relationship to politics.
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