The Man Died (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wole Soyinka
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: August, 1967, to October, 1969
- Setting: Various prisons in Nigeria
- Principal Characters: Soyinka| Wole
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Politics, Prisoners, Authors or writers, Survivalism, Government, Biography, Civil wars
Form and Content
Before the tensions in Nigeria broke out into open civil war in 1967, Wole Soyinka had been engaged in various activities distasteful to the Yakubu Gowon government. Soyinka had argued for a peaceful settlement, especially between the secession-minded Ibos in eastern Nigeria and the rest of the country; he had visited the northern and eastern portions of the country on a fact-finding mission; he had recruited intellectuals to help stop arms shipments to all factions; he had helped generate a “third force” to achieve a compromise; and he had...
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