Season of Anomy (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wole Soyinka
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: After 1960
- Setting: An African country
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Politics, Race, Revolutions, Antiheroes, War, Corporations, Isolation
- Locales: Africa
Characters Discussed
Ofeyi (oh-FAY-yee), a chief promotions man for the Cocoa Corporation, also called the Coordinator because he organizes the campaign to sell cocoa products. Sent on a trip to study other methods because he is showing signs of insubordinate thought, he is fascinated by the power of backwater Aiyero to reclaim its youth after they study or work abroad. By placing Aiyero emigrants in key places throughout the country and lacing his advertising campaign with subtly antigovernment and anticorporation images, he undermines the ruling combination of white...
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