The document highlights notable African writers and poets, including Wole Soyinka, a celebrated Nigerian playwright and Nobel Prize winner, and Chinua Achebe, whose novel 'Things Fall Apart' explored Western influences on traditional African society. It also mentions John Pepper Clark, a key figure in Nigeria's literary renaissance, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, recognized as a significant East African novelist. Each writer is noted for their contributions to literature and the cultural narrative of Africa.

1. AFRICAN WRITERS AND
POETS

2. SOYINKA, Wole

Born in Nigeria, July
13, 1934. The
foremost EnglishLanguage poet and
certainly the most
celebrated playwright
of black America. His
work earned him the
1986 Nobel Prize for
Literature.

3. ACHEBE, Chinua (1930)

Nigerian novelist
and poet, whose
first novel, Things
Fall Apart
(1958), set the
theme for his
subsequent work:
the impact of
Western influences
on traditional Africa
society.

4. CLARK, John Pepper

Nigerian
Poet, dramatist, an
d Literacy critic.
Born April
6, 1935, contribute
d significantly to
the Nigerian
renaissance of the
late 50s and early
’60s.

5. NGUGI WA THIONG

Born in Kenya,
January 5, 1938 is
considered the
most important
East African
novelist. Educated
in both Kenya and
England, he taught
literature for many
years.