The Interpreters (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wole Soyinka
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s, soon after Nigerian independence
- Setting: Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, Africa or Africans, Journalism or journalists, Politics, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Race, Art or artists, Villages, Polygamy or bigamy, City life, Painting or painters, Engineering
- Locales: Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
Characters Discussed
Bandele (bahn-DAY-lay), a professor of history at the University of Nigeria at Ibadan. He smooths social situations of the group, especially when Egbo becomes physical and upsets the group. When Sagoe physically disrupts some events, Bandele calmly states his insights or is a sage presence. At the Oguazors’ party, Bandele brings calm to Sagoe’s caustic remarks about artificiality in the host and hostess as well as in the decorations. He passes judgment on Dr. Oguazor, the hypocritical medical professor, regarding the pregnant coed. At the unveiling of...
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