Wole Soyinka

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1) Chronicles from the land of the happiest people on earth

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Soyinka, Wole

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

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In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. And neither...

2) Art, dialogue, and outrage: essays on literature and culture

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Pub. Date

1994.

Edition

Second edition.

Language

English

3) You must set forth at dawn: a memoir

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Pub. Date

[2006]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

4) The lion and the jewel: [play]

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Series

Three crowns book

Pub. Date

1963.

Language

English

5) Isara, a voyage around Essay

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Pub. Date

[1989]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

6) Crónicas desde el país de la gente más feliz de la Tierra

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Series

Narrativa internacional

Pub. Date

2021.

Edition

Primera edición en castellano.

Language

Español

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En una Nigeria imaginaria, pero muy parecida a la real, un grupo de pícaros, predicadores, emprendedores y políticos se ve inmerso en una trama sobre tráfico de miembros humanos robados de un hospital. Y el médico que desvela ese turbio negocio se lo cuenta a su íntimo amigo, el hombre de moda en el país, que está a punto de incorporarse a un puesto importante en las Naciones Unidas. Pero alguien parece dispuesto a defender el secreto,...

7) The interpreters

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Pub. Date

[1972]

Language

English

8) Ake: the years of childhood

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Pub. Date

[1981]

Edition

First American edition.

Language

English

9) Of Africa

Author

Soyinka, Wole

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

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A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, the author has witnessed the promise of independence and lived through postcolonial failure. He deeply comprehends the pressing problems of Africa, and, as an irrepressible essayist and a staunch critic of the oppressive boot, he unhesitatingly speaks out. In this work, he offers a wide-ranging inquiry into Africa's culture, religion,...