Born in 1934, Wole Soyinka was the first writer from the African continent to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Author of theater, poetry, memoirs, essays, and short stories, he published three novels, the last two fifty years apart. In 1965, five years after Nigeria’s independence, Soyinka was already a known opposition figure and during the civil war was imprisoned for twenty-two months. Since then, his voice has continued to carry the most caustic criticisms against dictatorships and bad governance in his country. This novel is the fruit of this long experience.
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Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize winner for literature
