{"product_id":"9781501375767","title":"Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlack Literary and Cultural Expressions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBola Dauda | Toyin Falola | Toyin Falola | Abimbola Adelakun\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Literary Figures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely and expansive biography of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate, and social activist, shows how the author's early years influence his life's work and how his writing, in turn, informs his political engagement. Three sections spanning his life, major texts, and place in history, connect Soyinka's legacy with global issues beyond the borders of his own country, and indeed beyond the African continent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering his encounters with the widespread rise of kleptocratic rule and international corporate corruption, his reflection on the human condition of the North-South divide, and the consequences of postcolonialism, this comprehensive biography locates Wole Soyinka as a global figure whose life and works have made him a subject of conversation in the public sphere, as well as one of Africa's most successful and popular authors. Looking at the different forms of Soyinka's work--plays, novels, and memoirs, among others--this volume argues that Soyinka used writing to inform, mobilize, and sometimes incite civil action, in a decades-long attempt at literary social engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBola Dauda\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired scholar based in the UK who currently serves as Executive Director of the Pan-African University Press. He is co-author, with Toyin Falola, of \u003ci\u003eRepresentative Bureaucracy, Meritocracy, and Nation-Building in Nigeria\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing Nigeria 1945-1960\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and \u003ci\u003eNigerian Bureaucracy in an African Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eToyin Falola\u003c\/b\u003e is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at University of Texas at Austin, USA. His publications include \u003ci\u003eA Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eCounting the Tiger's Teeth: A Memoir \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), and \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Greatness: The Poetics of African Adulation\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 October 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501375767\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e312\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369262940300,"sku":"9781501375767","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_67b73f2f-4e80-4b86-8659-9ea9b24592bd.jpg?v=1783878524","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501375767","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}