The man died: prison notes of Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
None pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0901720348
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1972
AfricaAfrican LiteratureBiographyBiography MemoirHistoryMemoirNigeriaNobel PrizeNonfictionPolitics
The Nobel Prize-winning African writer, Wole Soyinka, was imprisoned without trial by the federal authorities at the start of the Nigerian Civil War. Here he records his arrest and interrogation, the efforts made to incriminate him, and the searing mental effects of solitary confinement.