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You Must Set Forth at Dawn
Wole Soyinka
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka chronicles his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered homeland.
Random House
April 2006
528 pages ISBN: 037550365X Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature,
as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole
Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of
Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his
turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his
beloved, beleaguered homeland.
In the tough, humane, and lyrical language that has typified
his plays and novels, Soyinka captures the indomitable
spirit of Nigeria itself by bringing to life the friends and
family who bolstered and inspired him, and by describing the
pioneering theater works that defied censure and tradition.
Soyinka not only recounts his exile and the terrible reign
of General Sani Abacha, but shares vivid memories and
playful anecdotes–including his improbable friendship with a
prominent Nigerian businessman and the time he smuggled a
frozen wildcat into America so that his students could
experience a proper Nigerian barbecue.
More than a major figure in the world of literature, Wole
Soyinka is a courageous voice for human rights, democracy,
and freedom. You Must Set Forth at Dawn is an intimate
chronicle of his thrilling public life, a meditation on
justice and tyranny, and a mesmerizing testament to a
ravaged yet hopeful land.
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