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Article: Conversations with Wole Soyinka.
- Article from:
- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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Biodun Jeyifo, ed. Jackson. University Press of Mississippi. 2001. xxvii + 223 pages $46 ($18 paper) ISBN 1-57806-337-X (338-8 paper)
CONVERSATIONS WITH WOLE SOYINKA is far more rewarding than I expected, since it is neither a piece of creative writing by Soyinka nor a critical appraisal of his work. Biodun Jeyifo's well-informed introduction and the eleven "conversations" or interviews that follow bring deep insight into Soyinka the man and his writings. While there may be disparity between what the writer intends to do (as shown in interviews) and the actual writings, the circumstances and contexts of some of these as revealed here may help illuminate the ...
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... ... dramatist, novelist, memoirist and essayist, Wole Soyinka's life and works defy easy categorisation ... 1970s, established an endowed chair named the Wole Soyinka Chair in Drama. Soyinka has served as the President of the International ...
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