Wole Soyinka (Censorship (Ready Reference series))

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As a playwright and poet, Soyinka developed his voice and vision during Nigeria’s most politically turbulent period, and he became the first black African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1986. Throughout his career, Soyinka worked as both an artist and political activist, meshing the concerns of an emerging postcolonial Africa with authentic traditions and voices in Nigeria.

Soyinka’s political stance shifted continually between the classroom and the theater, while his work often focused on the political corruption surrounding the...

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