The Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka (born 1935) was one of the few African writers to denounce the slogan of Negritude as a tool of autocracy. He also was the first black African to be awarded the No...
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Until he became, in October 1986, the first black African writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, Wole Soyinka was probably best known within his own country, Nigeria, as a political acti...
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Biography EssayUntil he became, in October 1986, the first black African writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, Wole Soyinka was probably best known within his own country, Nigeria, as a...
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The poet uses irony to depict the absurdity of racism and create comical effects in the poem.
In the beginning of the poem, the speaker starts his "self-confession" when he reveals his skin color to...
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Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
