Wole Soyinka

Soyinka in 2018 Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde "Wole" Soyinka ( ; , ; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and... poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence", the first sub-Saharan African to win the Prize in literature.

In July 2024, President Bola Tinubu renamed the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Death and the king's horseman
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1975
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    The road
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1979
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    The lion and the jewel
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 2010
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    A shuttle in the crypt
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1972
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    Jero's metamorphosis
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 2010
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    This past must address its present : the 1986 Nobel lecture
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1988
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    Five plays: A dance of the forests, The lion and the jewel, The swamp dwellers, The trials of Brother Jero [and] The strong breed.
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1964
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    Aké : the years of childhood
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1981
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    Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text : backgrounds and contexts, criticism
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 2003
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    Three short plays
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1972
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    Kongi's harvest
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1967
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    The open sore of a continent : a personal narrative of the Nigerian crisis
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1996
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    Madmen and specialists
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1971
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    Kongi's harvest
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 2010
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    Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, the play on stage, criticism
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 2023
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    The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1999
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    Opera wonyosi
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1981
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    Ogun Abibiman
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1976
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    The Bacchae of Euripides : a communion rite
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 1974
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    Madmen and specialists
    by Soyinka, Wole
    Published 2010
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