Black Orpheus

… of the influential literary periodical Black Orpheus (1960–64), published in Ibadan, Nigeria; founder and director of Chemchemi, a cultural centre in Nairobi for artists and writers (1963–65); and editor of the periodical Africa Today (1967). He received a doctorate from the University of Denver in 1968. In 1977 he returned…

…1964 Soyinka was coeditor of Black Orpheus, an important literary journal. From 1960 onward he taught literature and drama and headed theater groups at various Nigerian universities, including those of Ibadan, Ife, and Lagos. After winning the Nobel Prize, he was sought after as a lecturer, and many of his…