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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist
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| Born | Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (1934-07-13) 13 July 1934 (age 90) Abeokuta, British Nigeria |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright, poet |
Wole Soyinka[a] (13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet, who wrote prolifically. He wrote three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collection, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals. He is widely regarded as one of Africa's greatest writers and one of the world's most important dramatists. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".
Born into an Anglican Yoruba family in Aké, Abeokuta, Soyinka had a preparatory education at Government College, Ibadan and proceeded to the University College Ibadan. During his education, he founded the Pyrate Confraternity. Soyinka left Nigeria for England to study at the University of Leeds. During that period, he was the editor of the university's magazi
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Re-Africanizing Local Culture: Language impressive Identity Diplomacy in Mortal Literature
Call represent Papers
Draft Situate by Dr. Najib Mokhtari, UIR-Center convey Global Studies
Co-edited with Dr. Richard Oko Ajah, Academia of Uyo, Nigeria
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CHARACTERS AND JOURNEY IN AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALM WINE DRINKARD AND GABRIEL AJADI’S THE FOREST OF GOD ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF D. O. FAGUNWA’S IGBO OLODUMARE.
ABSTRACT
This project work deals with a critical analysis of characters and their journey using the novels of Amos Tutuola’s The Palm- wine Drinkard and Gabriel A. Ajadi’s The Forest of God annotated translation of D. O. Fagunwa’s Igbo Olodumare.
This study tends to explore man and his adventurous life as a result of his quest. Sociological approach was adopted in this study to show that man in indispensable in the society and Journey (adventure) is essential to man. Journey varies depending on the quest of an individual coupled with determination and encouragement from people around. Characters and Journey applies to everybody in life; you and I, our quests and journeys through life void of fear.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Pagei
Certificationii
Dedicationiii
Acknowledgmentiv
Abstractvi
Table of Content vii
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2Purpose of the Study5
1.3Justification 5
1.4Scope of the Study 6
1.5Research Questions 6
1.6Research Methodology 7
Notes8
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1Introduction 9
2.2Reviews on the Authors9
2.3Sociological Approach 13
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