Wole Soyinka

"On The Other End of The Line" Born in Abeokuta, which is located in Southwestern Nigeria, Wole Soyinka is honored for his literature. He is known for speaking out about politics, and has faced consequences, such as exile, as an outcome. Soyinka 's literature maintains popular topics such as racial prejudice, social justice, and political corruption. One of his famous literature works, "Telephone Conversation," focuses on racial discrimination. "Telephone Conversation" is a short poem about a…

In the tragic play Death and the King’s Horseman by the Nigerian author Wole Soyinka in 1975, the author provides more insight into the periods of history by making clear allusions to the era of colonialism in Africa, and to World War 2. He is able to provide insights about the periods of history through his retelling of past events from the perspective of Africans. Given that Soyinka wrote the tragic play in 1975, he has been able to learn from others about the past and also lived through some…

On the African continent, a long stretch of its modern history is plagued by European imperialism. Such that it has been the backdrop of many famous works of literature. Among them, two Nigerian authors: Wole Soyinka and his play, Death and the King’s Horsemen; and Chinua Achebe with his novel, Things Fall Apart. The two African natives tell stories of cultures clashing and the respective men in the midst of that clash. Honor becomes a major role in the mediums and is largely the impetus for…

Telephone Conversation Maya Angelou and Wole Soyinka’s poems have often been described as a powerful and serious agent to social change. Their themes are primarily concerned with the promotion of human rights and African politics. At the same time, poems as "Telephone Conversation" and “Still I Rise” reveal a lyrical understanding of the same theme balanced with humour and a deeply felt concern for the human condition. Maya Angelo published her poem in 1978 and Wole Soyinka published his in…

place by the British authorities such as Simon Pilkings, the ritual was not able to be fulfilled. As a result, the reflected anger and disappointment was duly reflected in the voice of a Praise-Singer “Our world is tumbling in the void of strangers”(Soyinka 62). The colonial officials should not have had any obligation to act upon the tribal rituals because it does not directly affect them in anyway. In essence, they are messing with something they do not understand. Even more so, the…

In this chapter Fortier focuses on three theories (theoretical approaches): Materialist, which is widely in time, and Postmodernism, Post colonialism, which are more narrow timing). He says that materialism believes that the world around us makes our ideas and thoughts and explains that, the basic task of materialist theory is to understand the relation between language, literature and art, on the one hand, and society, history and the material world, on the other (p. 153). He claims that…

certain patterns, which allow us to place them into common archetypes (Edinger 1968). Knowing this I developed an interest in identifying this archetypal patterns in stories myself and will forward this interest by identifying archetypes in the Wole Soyinka play, Death and the King’s Horseman. I have gathered three sources that I will use to help me do so, a website, a scholarly article, and a magazine article. Each one of these sources has its own strengths and weaknesses. The magazine article…

Without any citizens what is a government. The sphere of influence we hold is greater than we could ever assume. It’s vital to see ourselves as important as we are. Another important advocate for rights , Wole Soyinka , writer of “A Dictator’s Nightmare” reads”The man dies in all who stay silent during direct tyranny”. This quote can be interpreted symbolically, our goals and aspirations are the man who without the exertion of our natural rights will die, We…

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” Here is a quote spoken by Wole Soyinka. He says that the greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. But I am against this statement. Meaningful criticism may be better then saying nothing, but that does not guarantee the freedom of every person. The people who are for this statement are the people who cannot think about all kinds of people around the world. I will explain by giving a few examples about those people.…

companies, small businesses, universalism seems too general and unfriendly to the employees. “Even though subjective relativism has great problems and has a potential for abuse the employees, universalism in its current state is not the ideal solution” Wole Soyinka (2008). Subjective Relativism can help the employees to be more interested in the work and maximize the innovation of them. Besides, managers are able to control the company since it just have relatively small amount of employees that…