The Open Sore of a Continent

Zusatztext a bold and stimulating book ... required reading for anyone who wishes to examine critically the present turmoil in Africa. Informationen zum Autor Wole Soyinka, an internationally acclaimed playwright, essayist, and memoirist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. In exile from his Nigerian homeland, Soyinka divides his time between London and Cambridge, Massachussetts. He is the author of Collected Plays, Dance of the Forests, The Lion and the Jewel, The Road, Kongi's Harvest, and Three Short Plays (all OUP). Klappentext The events that led up to dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution in 1995 marked Nigeria's decline from a post-colonial success story to its current military dictatorship. Wole Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by the Nigerian military 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. Zusammenfassung A study of the significance of the execution of dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists to Nigeria's global reputation. Soyinka criticises what he sees as the decline of Nigeria from a post-colonial success story to a military dictatorship marked by the executions. He then considers Nigeria's future.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wole Soyinda, Wole Soyinka, Wole (Fellow At W.e.b. Dubois Institute Soyinka, Soyinka Wole
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.1997
• EAN: 9780195119213
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511921-3
• Pagine: 178
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 217 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Pape; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute; Print on Demand; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Nigeria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / West, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, Central / national / federal government policies, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Central government policies