Myth, Literature and the African World

by Wole Soyinka and Soyinka

Book Overview

Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the foremost living African writers, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa. The ways in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521398347
• ISBN13: 9780521398343
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Cantankerous Soyinka

The Ocident meets Africa in it's inherent opacity. This collection of Soyinka's essays are typical of his volatile temperment bursting through as to evoke a degree of amusement. Lumbering and academic a good study read. Providing a predictable alternative reading of the african tradition.