Wole Soyinka: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Derek Wright, Wole Soyinka Revisited (1993), discusses Soyinka’s life and works. Analyses of his writings include James Gibbs (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka (1980); Obi Maduakor, Wole Soyinka (1987); James Gibbs and Bernth Lindfors (eds.), Research on Wole Soyinka (1993); and Tanure Ojaide, The Poetry of Wole Soyinka (1994).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of The Wole Soyinka Foundation. Oct 31, 2026
Add new Web site: CNN World - Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka reflects on his life’s work and the new film ‘The Man Died’. Sep 05, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 09, 2026
Article revised and updated. Apr 08, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN World - Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka reflects on his life’s work and the new film ‘The Man Died’. Mar 01, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - The Interview - Wole Soyinka, Nobel Literature laureate. Dec 31, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Wole Soyinka Foundation. Aug 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of Wole Soyinka Lecture Series. May 17, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Tradition vs.Modernity: Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Alberta - Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Nov 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Profile of Wole Soyinka. Sep 21, 2023
Add new Web site: BBC - The Interview - Wole Soyinka, Nobel Literature laureate. Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Wole Soyinka. Feb 28, 2023
Added the book Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth. Sep 28, 2021
Add new Web site: Famous Author - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Nov 27, 2019
Replaced photograph. Jun 14, 2017
Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Dec 16, 2016
Add new Web site: Official Site of Wole Soyinka. Dec 16, 2016
Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Jan 17, 2013
Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Jan 17, 2013
Added additional information on Soyinka's long history of political activism. Jan 12, 2011
Added photograph of Soyinka at a book fair in 2010. Aug 17, 2010
Article revised and updated. Oct 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Moonstruck Drama Bookstore - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Jan 08, 2007
Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Wole Soyinka. Jan 08, 2007
Added new Web site: Washington State University - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Jan 08, 2007
Added new Web site: Stanford University - Biography of Wole Soyinka. Jan 08, 2007
Added new Web site: The Postcolonial Literature and Culture Web - Wole Soyinka. Jul 26, 2006
Article revised. Jul 22, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jan 14, 1999
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