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- African literature and theatre
- influence on Gates
- Nigerian cultural life
Additional Reading
Derek Wright, Wole Soyinka Revisited (1993), discusses Soyinka’s life and works. Analyses of his writings include James Gibbs (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka (1980); Obi Maduakor, Wole Soyinka (1987); James Gibbs and Bernth Lindfors (eds.), Research on Wole Soyinka (1993); and Tanure Ojaide, The Poetry of Wole Soyinka (1994).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: BBC Sound - Meridian - Wole Soyinka. | Dec 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Wole Soyinka Foundation. | Aug 27, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Wole Soyinka Lecture Series. | May 17, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Tradition vs.Modernity: Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Alberta - Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. | Nov 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Profile of Wole Soyinka. | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sound - Meridian - Wole Soyinka. | Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Wole Soyinka. | Feb 28, 2023 | ||
| Added the book Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth. | Sep 28, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Author - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Nov 27, 2019 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jun 14, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Wole Soyinka. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Added additional information on Soyinka's long history of political activism. | Jan 12, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph of Soyinka at a book fair in 2010. | Aug 17, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Wole Soyinka. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Washington State University - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Stanford University - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Moonstruck Drama Bookstore - Biography of Wole Soyinka. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Postcolonial Literature and Culture Web - Wole Soyinka. | Jul 26, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 22, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 14, 1999 |
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