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It tells the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké, where the author spent the first 12 years of his life, before moving in 1946 to the Government College in Ibadan.
A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. "Aké: The Years of Childhood" gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké.
Mar 13, 2020 · Aké : the years of childhood. by. Soyinka, Wole. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Soyinka, Wole -- Childhood and youth, Authors, Nigerian -- 20th century -- Biography, Nigeria -- Social life and customs. Publisher. New York : Vintage International.
A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. Aké: The Years of Childhood gives us the...
A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. Aké: The Years of Childhood gives us the story of Soyinka’s boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké.
Oct 23, 1989 · A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. Aké: The Years of Childhood gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké.
- Wole Soyinka
Collings, 1981 - Biography & Autobiography - 230 pages. Village life in a small region of Nigeria is the real theme of this autobiographical account of Soyinka's first eleven years.
