You Must Set Forth at Dawn

Name: You Must Set Forth at Dawn
Brand: Random House Publishing Group : Random House Trade Paperbacks
SKU: 9780375755149-PRUSDTR-US
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A Memoir

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English • Age Adult - Adult

528 pages • 5.2 x 8.0 x 1.1 in

Approx. weight: 0.94 lb

Publication date: 13 Mar,2007

Barcode: 9780375755149 • Random House Publishing Group : Random House Trade Paperbacks

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By: Wole Soyinka

The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered homeland.
In the tough, humane, and lyrical language that has typified his plays and novels, Soyinka captures the indomitable spirit of Nigeria itself by bringing to life the friends and family who bolstered and inspired him, and by describing the pioneering theater works that defied censure and tradition. Soyinka not only recounts his exile and the terrible reign of General Sani Abacha, but shares vivid memories and playful anecdotes–including his improbable friendship with a prominent Nigerian businessman and the time he smuggled a frozen wildcat into America so that his students could experience a proper Nigerian barbecue.
More than a major figure in the world of literature, Wole Soyinka is a courageous voice for human rights, democracy, and freedom. You Must Set Forth at Dawn is an intimate chronicle of his thrilling public life, a meditation on justice and tyranny, and a mesmerizing testament to a ravaged yet hopeful land.