BOOK REVIEW: Tanure Ojaide.THE POETRY OF WOLE SOYINKA. Lagos: Malthouse, 1994.

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-231
Author(s):  
Ode S. Ogede
Keyword(s):  
Wole Soyinka

scholarly journals Book Review: Sarbani Sen Vengadasalam. (2019). New Postcolonial Dialectics: An Intercultural Comparison of Indian and Nigerian English Plays. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Abha Sood
Keyword(s):  
Wole Soyinka ◽  
Dramatic Works ◽  
Rabindranath Tagore ◽  
National Environment ◽  
Intercultural Comparison ◽  
Newcastle Upon Tyne

Vengadasalam’s book offers a comparison of the literary and artistic practices and philosophies of three authors, two from India (Rabindranath Tagore and Badal Sircar) and one from Nigeria (Wole Soyinka), by examining their dramatic works: four plays in total, which offer an evaluation of the pre and post-independence national environment. Vengadaslam posits that the existing terminology for examining their work in the postcolonial context is insufficient and suggests a new term: “intercultural” to fully explore the magnitude of these writers’ art and the extent of their influence.

Essays in Honour of Wole Soyinka at 80, Ivor Agyeman-Duah (Ed.) - book review

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Françoise Ugochukwu
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
80Th Birthday ◽  
Wole Soyinka ◽  
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Wole Soyinka, best known as a Nigerian writer, playwright and Nobel laureate, has been a staunch supporter of the Nigerian cinema, and one of his plays, Death and the King’s horseman, is currently in the process of being adapted to the screen. He embodies the link between the Nigerian society, Yoruba culture and Nollywood. This book of essays in honour of Wole Soyinka’s life and works, offered to him on his 80th birthday, brings together a good number of contributions - short paragraphs, long essays, formal interviews, impromptu conversations and poems. The authors of these texts include a former general Commonwealth secretary, university dons from various fields, internationally acclaimed writers such as Ngugi, Aidoo or Mazrui, diplomats and politicians, journalists, students and personal friends.

Book Review

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
A. M. Heagerty
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