Wole Soyinka

• Oct-1974
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A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author.

• Sep-1987
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"Written in 1971, Madmen and Specialists is one of Soyinka''s most excoriating portrayals of abusers and abused in the new Nigeria ushered in by Biafra and the civil war of 1967-70. Set in the ""surgery"" of a doctor, the play is populated by mendica...

• Nov-2002
• / General Fiction
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This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King's Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States. Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful play addresses c...

• Dec-2007
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In this new book developed from the prestigious Reith Lectures, Nobel Prize -- winning author Wole Soyinka, a courageous advocate for human rights around the world, considers fear as the dominant theme in world politics.Decades ago, the idea of colle...

• Nov-2014
• / General Fiction
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In 2014, UNESCO's World Book Capital is Port Harcourt, Nigeria-the first city in Africa to receive the designation by public bid. This makes it a special year for the Port Harcourt Book Festival, which will be in its seventh year, and bigger than...

• Sep-2021
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From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature -- his debut novel about a group of young Nigerian intellectuals trying to come to grips with themselves and their changing country. First published in 1965.Friends since high school, ...

• Sep-2021
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From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our fiercest political activists -- this political novel about the dangers of corruption, greed, and the desire for power is the follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel The Interp...

• Oct-2021
• / Literary
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, combining "elements of a murder mystery, a searing political satire and an Alice in Wonderland-like modern allegory of pow...