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"A towering figure in world literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly one-half century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking, fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. ("You don't see things the same way when you encounter a voice like that."-Toni Morrison) In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic...
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Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxv, 228 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psychological mindsets of individuals and groups. The text of the play is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory annotations for the many allusions to traditional Nigerian myth and culture. "Backgrounds and Sources" helps readers understand Death and the King's Horseman's...
5) Of Africa
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xiii, 199 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
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,...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
vi, 170 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Open Sore of a Continent, Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by General Abacha in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. He deftly explains the shifting dramatic personae of Nigerian history and politics to Westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process, tracing the growth of Nigeria as a player in the world economy,...
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume 392
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
v. 20 cm.
Language
English
Series
Critical perspectives volume 5
Publisher
Three Continents Press
Pub. Date
c1980
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 361 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Hay Festival brings its 39 Project to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to identify the most promising writing talents under the age of 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora. From the list of 39 writers chosen by the judges, editor Allfrey has selected stories, extracts from novels, and other writings, many never before published, to create a collection of some of the most varied and exciting new work in world literature.
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Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language.
The narrative unfolds in a landscape where, true to Yoruba cosmology, human, natural, and supernatural beings are compellingly and wonderfully alive at once: a world of warriors, sages and kings; magical trees and snake people; spirits, Ghommids, and bog-trolls. Here are the adventures of Akara-ogun--son of a brave warrior and wicked witch--as...
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
©1994
Physical Desc
liv, 777 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than four hundred years the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. The Art of the Personal Essay is the first anthology to celebrate this lively, fertile genre. Distinguished from the formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its drive toward candor and confession, and its often quirky first-person voice, the personal essay offers above all a feast of individuality."--Jacket.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 654 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A contemporary poetry anthology for the global village, this volume contains masterpieces from four continents and more than two dozen languages in translations by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney.
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