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Wole Soyinka

1986 Nobel laureate, literature

Nobel Laureates Honor Wole Soyinka

Toni Morrison and other Nobel Laureates read in honor of the 70th birthday of literary giant and human rights activist Wole Soyinka. Wole Soyinka, born near Ibadan, Nigeria, is world renowned for his numerous dramatic works, novels, essays, and poems.

Black Writers: Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka reads from his book Samarkand & Other Markets I Have Known. In 1986, Soyinka became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. In plays, novels, and poems, he has chronicled the political turmoil of his native Nigeria.

Samarkand & Other Markets I Have Known

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd (2003)

Binding: Paperback, 112 pages

Ake: The Years of Childhood

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Vintage (1989)

Binding: Paperback, 240 pages

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