41. Wole Soyinka Talk wole soyinka, Africa s first Nobel Laureate in literature, will visit the College on 13 April 2001, under the auspices of the AADS Program and the http://www.smcm.edu/africandiaspora/Wole_Soyinka.htm

Wole Soyinka, Africa's first Nobel Laureate in literature, will visit the College on 1-3 April 2001, under the auspices of the AADS Program and the department of Foreign Languages. Soyinka is a Yoruba, proud, patriotic, and progressive, But he is not exclusivist, not pompous, not xenophobic. It is those very qualities, which one could call humanism, that have propelled the Laurate to the forefront of myriad struggles on behalf of the oppressed, within and outside his native Africa. Soyinka's plays are replete with the multifaceted, multiracial tragedy of reality. The list is endless, and it keeps growing. "Dance of the Forests", "The Road Kongi's Harvest", The Trials of Brother Jero", "Madmen and Specialists", "Death and the King's Horseman". His novel, "The Interpreters" remains one of the most poignant narratives expposing the rotten underbelly of the Nigerian neo-colonized intellectual class. It is no wonder that Soyinka resigned from his professorship at the once famed Obafemi Awolowo Universiity, Ile-Ife, out of disgust with the decadent institution. He continues to live a life marked by adventures and adversities, without becoming a pessimist. He could have easily fled the ghetto of the colonized for the gilded skyscrapers of the civilized. But he is too much of a human being to fall into such a trap. that is why he accepted the Noble, not for himself, but for the "world that nurishes [his] being.," for blacks, "locked into an unambiguous condition" whose humanity is not recognized by "a suicidal anachronistic present" and for creative artists who insist on making the workd a better place.

42. Wole Soyinka Profile Akinwande Oluwole soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and critic, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. http://www.humanities.uci.edu/icwt/whoweare/wsoyinka.html

who we are Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and critic, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He writes of modern West Africa in a satirical style and with a tragic sense of the obstacles to human progress. A member of the Yoruba people, Wole attended Government College and University College in Ibadan before graduating in English in 1958 from the University of Leeds, in England. Upon his return to Nigeria, Wole founded a national theatre, The Masks (later the Orisun Theatre), and wrote his first important play, A Dance of the Forests , for the Nigerian independence celebrations. The play satirizes the fledgling nation by stripping it of romantic legend and by showing that the present is no more a golden age than was the past. In this and other dramas, Wole fuses Western elements with subject matter and dramatic techniques deeply rooted in Yoruba folklore and religion. He uses symbolism, flashback, and ingenious plotting to create a rich dramatic structure. Wole’s works exhibit humor and fine poetic style as well as his gift for irony and satire and for accurately matching the language of complex characters to their social position and moral qualities.

43. Wole Soyinka www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/ landow/post/soyinka/soyinkaov.html Similar pages Nigerian futures interview with wole soyinka openDemocracyNigeria is preparing for a major political transition. Its leading literary voice, Nobel laureate wole soyinka, talks to Ron Singer about where west http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/post/soyinka/soyinkaov.html

44. Wole Soyinka - Methuen Publishing Search Google for information about wole soyinka; Look up Open Directory for information about Nigeria; Try Wikipedia for information about Nobel Prize http://www.methuen.co.uk/authorpages/wolesoyinka.html

Home Catalogue Coming Soon Ordering ... Browse Methuen: Methuen General Anthologies Children's Books Cultural Studies Fiction Gay Interest History Humour Monty Python Poetry Screen Sport Travel Methuen Drama Bertolt Brecht Contemporary Dramatists Modern Plays Performance Play Anthologies Screenplays Student Editions Theatre Studies Theatre Workshop World Classics Search Methuen: Methuen Home Full Catalogue Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka Aké Memoirs of a Nigerian Childhood Death and the King's Horseman Death and the King's Horseman (Student Ed) From Zia With Love Ibadan The Penkelemes Years - A Memoir 1946-65 Isara A Voyage Around Essay Jero Plays King Baabu Madmen and Specialists Samarkand and Other Markets ... Soyinka Plays: 1 The Trials of Brother Jero / Jero's Metamorphosis / Camwood on the Leaves / Death and the King's Horseman / Madmen and Specialists / Opera Wonyosi Soyinka Plays: 2 A Play of Giants / From Zia with Love / A Source of Hyacinths / The Beatification of Area Boy Selected Poems A Shuttle in the Crypt / Idanre / Mandela's Earth Search Links Search Google for information about Wole Soyinka Look up Open Directory for information about Nigeria Try Wikipedia for information about Nobel Prize Search bookshop Information for booksellers Information for teachers Information for journalists ... Information for authors Enter your email address to subscribe for updates Home Catalogue Coming Soon Ordering ... Contact Us

45. Emory Magazine: Spring 1997: Wole Soyinka In November 1994, a crescendo of dangerous and dramatic events indicated that it was finally time for wole soyinka to flee his native Nigeria. http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/spring97/wole.html

A Dramatic Life Exiled Nigerian playwright, activist, and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka '96H finds sanctuary at Emory By John D. Thomas "Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth."Wole Soyinka, The Man Died: The Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka I n November 1994, a crescendo of dangerous and dramatic events indicated that it was finally time for Wole Soyinka to flee his native Nigeria. The totalitarian regime in power had confiscated his passport, and nearly two hundred armed police recently had prevented the launching of a new book about the winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature. Surveillance of the author intensified, and anyone who dared sell his work or biographical materials about him was being persecuted by the authorities. Only a few days before Soyinka would slip out of the country, the Nigerian Union of Journalists received a letter from the police warning that if his name were not removed from a list of speakers at an upcoming conference, the event would be canceled. In his most recent book

46. Wole Soyinka News - The New York Times News about wole soyinka. Commentary and archival information about wole soyinka from The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/wole_soyinka/index.

@import url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/css/topic/screen/200704/topic.css); Get Home Delivery Log In Register Now Home Page ... Times Topics Sunday, January 27, 2008 Times Topics World U.S. N.Y. / Region ... S > Soyinka, Wole E-MAIL Save Wole Soyinka News about Wole Soyinka, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. ARTICLES ABOUT WOLE SOYINKA Newest First Oldest First Page: By NORMAN RUSH April 23, 2006 MORE ON WOLE SOYINKA AND: REVIEWS WRITING AND WRITERS POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT BOOKS AND LITERATURE ... Basking in the Glow of Literary Lights By FELICIA R. LEE Henry Louis Gates Jr. played host to a series of readings in honor of Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian writer. April 30, 2005 MORE ON WOLE SOYINKA AND: BLACKS BOOKS AND LITERATURE NIGERIA HARVARD UNIVERSITY ... Criticism Starts at Home By HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. August 5, 2004 MORE ON WOLE SOYINKA AND: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ISLAM FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS TERRORISM ... AMIN, IDI Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sends surprising letter of congratulations and praise to 70th birthday celebration for Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka, who only two months ago was tear gassed and briefly arrested after participating in rally calling for Obasanjo's resignation; photo July 14, 2004

47. A Hunger For Justice - Washingtonpost.com Playwright wole soyinka Is Driven by His Overactive Sense of Right and Wrong wole soyinka, who spent time in a Nigerian prison and years in exile, has http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042602572.

var SA_Message="SACategory=" + 'artsandliving'; Hello Change Preferences Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Pets SEARCH: washingtonpost.com Web Search Archives washingtonpost.com Print This Article E-Mail This Article E-mail Newsletters View a Sample and Sign Up Washington City Guide Movies Travel At Home ... Manage Your Newsletters A Hunger for Justice Playwright Wole Soyinka Is Driven by His 'Overactive Sense of Right and Wrong' By Bob Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 27, 2006; Page C01 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The oak-paneled colloquium room at Harvard's Barker Center is too small for the noontime crowd. Another 25 chairs arrive before the speaker does, but with the body count nearing 100, there still aren't enough seats. Several women in the back corner perch on a table, beneath an outsize portrait of a Harvard notable in academic robes, as the 72-year-old winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature strides in. "Quite simply, Wole Soyinka is Africa's most acclaimed writer," the professor introducing him says. Wole Soyinka, who spent time in a Nigerian prison and years in exile, has used his 1986 Nobel Prize for literature as a platform to fight injustice, such as the atrocities in Darfur.

48. Center For Reproductive Biology Home Page - Washington State University Biography of Nigerian playwright wole soyinka, plus synopses of several of his plays. http://www.crb.wsu.edu/

ENTER Contents Introduction Executive Summary ... Resource Dirctory/Links Center for Reproductive Biology Questions Comments? Contact: Jill Griffin Electronic Publishing and Appropriate Use Policy November 29, 1999

49. Comment Is Free: Walls Of Silence In a passionately argued and wideranging lecture, the Nobel laureate wole soyinka railed against our inability to learn from the past, and closely examined http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/libby_brooks/2007/05/walls_of_silence.html

Sign in Register Read today's paper Jobs Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Comment is free blog Newsblog Sport blog Podcasts In pictures Archive search Arts and entertainment Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Environment Film Football Jobs Life and style MediaGuardian.co.uk Money Music The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Events / offers Feedback Garden centre GNM press office Graduate GuardianFilms Headline service Help / contacts Information Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Soulmates dating Style guide Syndication services Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working for us Guardian Abroad Guardian Monthly Guardian Weekly Money Observer Public Learn Guardian back issues Observer back issues Guardian Professional Search: Home This week Contributors Subjects A-Z ... Libby Brooks Walls of silence Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka argues passionately for an end to fence-sitting over Darfur. Libby Brooks Articles Latest Show all Profile All Libby Brooks articles ... Printable version In a passionately argued and wide-ranging lecture, the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka railed against our inability to learn from the past, and closely examined the mammoth hardships facing those who continued to challenge silence with truth. In a survey that ranged from the break up of the Soviet Union to Darfur, he noted: "There is hardly ever silence from the victims. It is usually from the outside world and then it is deafening."

50. Wole Soyinka On Nigeria's Benazir Bhutto Moment By wole soyinka. I can only hope that Benazir Bhutto’s followers will forgive me for saying . wole soyinka is a Nobel Laureate and a Public Intellectual. http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=1144

51. Wole Soyinka's Outrage - Books & Culture - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com Invariably I name two candidates the PolishLithuanian poet Czeslaw Milosz and the Nigerian playwright wole soyinka. These names are usually greeted by http://www.ctlibrary.com/bc/2001/novdec/8.28.html

var AAMB1 = ""; document.write(AAMB1); Member Login Password Not a member? Join now Search: The Arts Current Issues History Interviews ... Web Exclusives Member Services My Account Contact Us Related Sites ChristianityToday.com Sermon Illustrations Nov/Dec 2001 FREE ARTICLE PREVIEW ARTICLE TOOLS Find similar articles E-mail this page Wole Soyinka's Outrage The divided soul of Nigeria's Nobel laureate. Alan Jacobs November 1, 2001 L The McNeil-Lehrer Newshour , neither has entered the American public consciousness in a potent way. Milosz is more likely to be familiar, though, and apparently my interlocutors think him a more plausible choice; my claim for Soyinka almost always earns skeptical looks. Are you a CTLibrary member or a subscriber? To read the rest of this article, log in here: E-mail Password If you're a subscriber... ...but have not yet registered for online access, please register here. You'll receive instant, complete access to all articles currently on the website, as well as all articles published in for the past three years.

52. BNW Magazine: Prof. Wole Soyinka: Chinua Achebe Foundation Interview Series #29: wole soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole soyinka, Chinua Achebe Foundation, Nigeria, BiafraNigeria-World, World, Nigeria-Biafra, Biafra Nigeria, ICJ, Cameroon, http://magazine.biafranigeriaworld.com/chinua-achebe/2006may26-chinua-achebe-fou

BNW BNW M agazine BNW News Archives ALSO AT BNW Current Headlines Biafra O'dua Arewa ... News Archive Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The Chinua Achebe Foundation Interview Series #29 Nigeria: A Meeting of the Minds (Professor Wole Soyinka in Conversation with Omoyele Sowore, Michael Mbabuike, and Okey Ndibe) by The Chinua Achebe Foundation He is Nigeria Prof. Chinua Achebe Prof.Wole Soyinka ’s Nobel Laureate; a world acclaimed writer, and celebrated crusader for social justice and human rights. Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka requires no other introduction. Professor Michael Mbabuike Nigerian Linguist and Poet, Michael Mbabuike is Professor and Chair of the Humanities Department/Africana Studies, Hostos Community college of the City University of New York. After obtaining a B.A [Honors] from the University of Nigeria Nsukka , he proceeded to the University of Sorbonne Paris France , for an M.A. and D.Litt. He has published several academic articles and books including the much admired Poems of Memory Trips [Poetry, Sungai Professor Okey Ndibe Okey Ndibe is an associate Professor of Literature at Simon’s Rock of Bard College in Great Barrington, MA

53. Wole Soyinka Celebrated At Theatrical Conference wole soyinka (73), Africa’s first Nobel Prizewinning poet, playwright and activist - and indeed Africa’s literary Ambassador, was the main speaker at the http://www.mshale.com/article.cfm?articleID=1489

54. Welcome To Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide To Black History Photographwole soyinka, 2000. wole soyinka, 2000. Sean Gallup/Getty Images. Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/article-9068955

Home Timeline Editors' Choice Biographies ... Back To Britannica Soyinka, Wole Wole Soyinka in full Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria Wole Soyinka, 2000. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He sometimes wrote of modern West Africa in a satirical style, but his serious intent and his belief in the evils inherent in the exercise of power usually was evident in his work as well. A member of the Yoruba people, Soyinka attended Government College and University College in Ibadan before graduating in 1958 with a degree in English from the University of Leeds in England. Upon his return to Nigeria, he founded an acting company and wrote his first important play, A Dance of the Forests (produced 1960; published 1963), for the Nigerian independence celebrations. The play satirizes the fledgling nation by stripping it of romantic legend and by showing that the present is no more a golden age than was the past. He wrote several plays in a lighter vein, making fun of pompous, Westernized schoolteachers in

55. Wole Soyinka — Infoplease.com July 13 Birthdays Harrison Ford July 13 birthdays Harrison Ford, Isaac Babel, Cameron Crowe, Nathan Bedford Forrest, wole soyinka, Patrick Stewart http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846130.html

Site Map FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Jan 27, 2008 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home Almanacs ... Word of the Day Editor's Favorites 2007 Year in Review Black History Month Leap Year Martin Luther King Day ... 2008 Calendar Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips google_ad_client = 'pub-1894504138907931'; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 240; google_ad_format = '120x240_as'; google_ad_type = 'text'; google_ad_channel =''; google_color_border = ['336699','B4D0DC','DFF2FD','B0E0E6']; google_color_bg = ['FFFFFF','ECF8FF','DFF2FD','FFFFFF']; google_color_link = ['0000FF','0000CC','0000CC','000000']; google_color_url = ['008000','008000','008000','336699']; google_color_text = ['000000','6F6F6F','000000','333333']; Encyclopedia Soyinka, Wole Soyinka, Wole u key Yoruba Biafra, Republic of ), he wrote his prison notes, The Man Died (1973). In 1986 Soyinka became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Again under threat of arrest from the Nigerian government, he fled the country in 1994. After the death of Nigeria's military dictator (1998), Soyinka returned home, where he resumed his political activism and has been an outspoken critic of Nigeria's government. Soyinka's works are concerned with the tensions between spiritual and material worlds, with beliefs as the underpinnings of social relations, and with individuals' dependence on one another. His widely performed plays often highlight the problems of daily life in Africa; best known are

56. Wole Soyinka On LibraryThing | Catalog Your Books Online 27 copies; The lion and the jewel; play 25 copies; The man died prison notes of wole soyinka 24 copies; Myth, literature, and the African world 21 copies http://www.librarything.com/author/soyinkawole

Language: English [ others Albanian Basque Bulgarian ... Welsh Over twenty-two million books on members' bookshelves. Home Book Suggestions Zeitgeist Groups ... add a picture Author: Wole Soyinka Also known as: Soyinka W. Soyinka Wole, editor and introduction by Soyinka Wole Soyinke ... wole soyinka Members Reviews Rating Favorited Conversations Books by Wole Soyinka combine/separate works Ak© : the years of childhood 157 copies, review 99 copies, review The interpreters 61 copies, review Collected plays 34 copies, review You must set forth at dawn : a memoir 28 copies, review 27 copies, review The man died: prison notes of Wole Soyinka 25 copies, review The lion and the jewel; [play] 25 copies, review 22 copies, review Collected Plays 2 21 copies, review Myth, literature, and the African world 21 copies, review Isara : a voyage around essay 19 copies, review 16 copies, review 14 copies, review A shuttle in the crypt 13 copies, review see all 66 books Member ratings Average: 0.5 stars 1 stars 1.5 stars 2 stars 2.5 stars 3 stars 3.5 stars

57. Wole Soyinka - Research And Read Books, Journals, Articles At Research wole soyinka at the Questia.com online library. http://www.questia.com/library/literature/wole-soyinka.jsp

58. The Missouri Review | Wole Soyinka A few weeks ago at the University of Missouri, I had the opportunity to go and listen to wole soyinka, the Nigerian poet, playwright and Nobel Laureate. http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/archives/tag/wole-soyinka

The Missouri Review TMR Blog TMR Homepage Register ... On Making the Public Personal in Poetry October 16, 2007 By: Marc McKee Category: Commentaries A few weeks ago at the University of Missouri, I had the opportunity to go and listen to Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian poet, playwright and Nobel Laureate. Even as a poet who believes that the full spectrum of human experience is art’s province, no matter what the actual artist has demonstrably, “authentically” experienced, I’m often troubled by the attempts to represent public suffering and catastrophe, current or historical. Or, more properly, I’m troubled by the fact that such attempts most often fall short of doing justice to human suffering, and instead reduce those concerns to mere reportage or, worse, political sloganeering. So I’m always cheered by finding or being given poems that reveal a quintessentially human aspect. As luck would have it, I had recently been rereading the Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert, who as a teenager fought with the Polish underground against the Nazis and was later, as it says on the dust jacket of his book, Mr. Cogito

59. WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Rising To The Occasion (April 14, 2006) Then, the Nobel Prizewinning Nigerian writer wole soyinka stops by. In 1986, wole soyinka became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/04/14

search supported by: document.write(''); NEWS MUSIC ARTS Vote 2008 ... Soundcheck spacer Taking Things Seriously The Green Apple Support WNYC Support WNYC ... Tributes highlightSection(section); The Leonard Lopate Show Rising to the Occasion Friday, April 14, 2006 Leonard starts today's show off with his annual Good Friday and Easter Gospel tribute. Then, the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka stops by. And on this week's Please Explain : everything you knead to know about bread. Listen to the whole show Great Easter Gospel Songs Leonard celebrates this Good Friday with some great Easter Gospel songs. Easter Gospel Playlist: The Gospel Sound I Feel the Holy Spirit Just a Closer Walk with Thee Beloved Songs of Easter Beloved Songs of Easter All of My Appointed Time Beloved Songs of Easter The Radio Four Beloved Songs of Easter Comment Email Save The Power of the Pen In 1986, Wole Soyinka became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. On today’s show, he explains how his drive to write survived imprisonment, and exile from his homeland of Nigeria. His new memoir is titled You Must Set Forth at Dawn Events : Wole Soyinka will be speaking Comment Email Save Poetry Off the Shelf: Kay Ryan In honor of National Poetry Month, we're airing a poem by

60. The Lion Is The Jewel - Wole Soyinka [akin.blog-city.com] wole soyinka s HardTalk interview comes within 48 hours of the interview with Ojo Maduekwe The lion is definitely better than the thug. http://akin.blog-city.com/thelionisthejewel.htm

Log-In My Blog My Profile Leave Message ... Add as neighbor My Blog Search @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/overlay.css); My Routine CIO.com myITForum The Economist UoL Online My Interests Electronic Frontier Foundation European Royalty National Geographic Online Noam Chomsky ... Wikipedia My News Junkie Staple Al Jazeera English BBC News CNN Expatriate Dutch News ... World News Headlines My Popular Tags britain bush commentary democracy ... us My Mini Search My Moon Days Jan 2008 S M T W T F S My BlogScope Ababoy takes Two Chippla does Weblog Chxta in Thought Don digs Earth ... Nigerian Blogs Aggregator My Flickr Badge www. flick r .com This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from akinnld . Make your own badge here My Months Past January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 ... December 2003 The lion is the jewel - Wole Soyinka H E Politics Commentary ... email posted Wednesday, 10 October 2007 The man over the boy The contrast cannot have been any clearer as to see the HardTalk interview of the 1986 Literature Nobel Laureate; Professor Wole Soyinka by Stephen Sackur this morning putting the ordinary and lack-lustre Chief Ojo Maduekwe - the Foreign Minister of Nigeria in the shade.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 3     41-60 of 84    Back | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | Next 20