In the World of Wole Soyinka

As he turns 90, Wole Soyinka discusses the current state of the world, the power of African literature, the social climate in Tinubu’s Nigeria, and the world ahead.

Wole Soyinka’s legacy as a dramatist is a testament to what a proper cultural education, clear ambition, and strict commitment to craft can produce.

A native daughter reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

Feminist scholars have often debated the portrayal of women in Wole Soyinka’s works, who typically navigate patriarchal societies.

Despite Wole Soyinka’s engaging, critical views about Négritude, why has the movement remained relevant in shaping Africa’s history, philosophy and literature?

An anthropological attempt at unravelling Wole Soyinka’s rewardingly obscure poem, ‘Àbíkú’.

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven Wole Soyinka plays that feel as though they were written today.

Wole Soyinka’s work gives to Palestinians something the life-world of Palestinian letters give to us: an abiding love and solidarity for the captive.

The producer and director of Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory, Kola Tubosun, discusses the making of the documentary and the significance of the setting to Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka’s life.

Since the landmark Soyinka-Bọ́lẹ̀kájà debate of the 1980s, African poetry has sparked intense discussions about authenticity and the influence of Western literary traditions and forms on its poets.

First presented as Reith Lectures exactly 20 years ago, what does it mean to revisit Wole Soyinka’s Climate of Fear in today’s chaotic world?