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This timely and expansive biography of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian
writer, Nobel laureate, and social activist, shows how the author's
early years influence his life's work and how his writing, in turn,
informs his political engagement. Three sections spanning his life,
major texts, and place in history, connect Soyinka's legacy with
global issues beyond the borders of his own country, and indeed
beyond the African continent. Covering his encounters with the
widespread rise of kleptocratic rule and international corporate
corruption, his reflection on the human condition of the
North-South divide, and the consequences of postcolonialism, this
comprehensive biography locates Wole Soyinka as a global figure
whose life and works have made him a subject of conversation in the
public sphere, as well as one of Africa's most successful and
popular authors. Looking at the different forms of Soyinka's
work--plays, novels, and memoirs, among others--this volume argues
that Soyinka used writing to inform, mobilize, and sometimes incite
civil action, in a decades-long attempt at literary social
engineering.
Writing in a personal, anecdotal style, Dauda recounts his
experiences in America, interweaving them with his thoughts on
life, happiness and self-fulfilment. The author concludes that
there is much to learn from "the American way" in terms of personal
change and realising your dreams.
This timely and expansive biography of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian
writer, Nobel laureate, and social activist, shows how the author's
early years influence his life's work and how his writing, in turn,
informs his political engagement. Three sections spanning his life,
major texts, and place in history, connect Soyinka's legacy with
global issues beyond the borders of his own country, and indeed
beyond the African continent. Covering his encounters with the
widespread rise of kleptocratic rule and international corporate
corruption, his reflection on the human condition of the
North-South divide, and the consequences of postcolonialism, this
comprehensive biography locates Wole Soyinka as a global figure
whose life and works have made him a subject of conversation in the
public sphere, as well as one of Africa's most successful and
popular authors. Looking at the different forms of Soyinka's
work--plays, novels, and memoirs, among others--this volume argues
that Soyinka used writing to inform, mobilize, and sometimes incite
civil action, in a decades-long attempt at literary social
engineering.
Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? For over thirty years
Dr Dauda has asked himself for answers to these questions as he
struggled through his own trials and adversity. Before you consider
giving up trying to know yourself, why not find time to read the
odyssey of Dr Dauda, the son of a peasant farmer, who was born
because his father refused to give up.
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