Wole Soyinga - Works - A Short View

1. WOLE SOYINKA’S WORKS
*Acknowledged – Some points and pictures have been taken from internet sources as I acknowledge them.
A.Mohanraj M.A., M.Phil., CCFE., (Ph.D)
Assistant Professor of English,
SBK College, Aruppukottai – 626 101.

2. AfricanLiterature
FOR AFRICANS,LITERATURE IS
ART. IT IS FULL OF BEAUTY,
UNFOLDS MYSTERIES AND
IMPROVES THE RELATION
BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.

3.  Africans rarely used paper for
literature and used oral
techniques in telling stories.
this is what they called
orature.
 They mainly focus on orature
is because they expect their
audience to participate and
response.

4. Africans life style and
gods are mostly based on
nature.
- Africa called as an
“Earthen Paradise”

6. African Tribes, Tattoos andAfrican Model’s

7. ALBERT CHINUALUMOGU ACHEBE,
NADAINE GARDIMER AND WOLE SOYINKA
Nigerian
poet

8. kinwande Oluwole Babatunde
Soyinka
known as Wole Soyinka, is
a Nigerian playwright, poet
and essayist. He was born
on 13 July 1934, He was
awarded Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1986.

9. His notable works
Keffi's BirthdayTreat (1954)
 The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
 A Dance of the Forests (1960)
 The Strong Breed (1964)
 Kongi's Harvest (1964)
 Madmen and Specialists (1970)
 Death and the King's Horseman (1975)

10. Bareka – ilujinle, a yoruba village.He is the
lion referred to in the title. A 62 years
of age, he has 63 children by polygamy.
Lakunle – the teacher - twenties.
Sidi – A beautiful girl who is wooed by
both Baroka and lakunle. She is the jewel.
Sadiku – Head of the wife.

11. Kongi Harvest (1964)
President Kongi is trying to
modernize his nation after
deposing King Oba Danlola. Kongi
demands that Danlola present
him with a ceremonial yam at
a state dinner to indicate
his abdication.

12. A Dance of the Forests (1960)
-one of the most recognized
of Wole Soyinka's plays. The play
"was presented at the Nigeria
Independence celebrations in 1960,
it ... denigrated the glorious
African past and warned Nigerians
and all Africans.

13. Thankyou
*Acknowledged – Some points and pictures have been taken from internet sources as I acknowledge them.