GREAT NIGERIAN WRITERS WOLE SOYINKA - 1934 - Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta Ogun State on July 13 1934. He attended the University of Ibadan. A playwright, poet and writer, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.The first African to receive the award. Soyinka’s writing often focuses on oppression and exploitation of the weak by the strong; none are spared in his critique, neither the white speculator nor the black exploiter. A renowned social critic, Wole Soyinka has also played an important role in Nigerian politics, which has at times exposed him to great personal risk. General Sani Abacha pronounced a death sentence on him. His works include Aké: The Years of Childhood, The Lions and the Jewel,Kogis Harvest and Death and the King’s Horseman. You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir is Soyinka’s own look at his life, experiences, and thoughts about Africa and Nigeria. He was also awarded the Ansfiled -Wolf Book Award .
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