ARCHIVED ISSUE

 

Volume 8 • Number 5 • September 2015

 

On the cover: Wole Soyinka, in full Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, is Professor in Residence at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. An activist in Nigeria�s fight for independence, he was imprisoned in solitary confinement from 1967 to 1969 for writing an article that called for a cease-fire. To this day he is deeply involved in Nigerian politics and the shaping of Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria) as an independent nation.

Rethinking Wole Soyinka:
81 Years of Protracted Engagement

 

● Guest Editor
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● Introduction, Rethinking Wole Soyinka: 80 Years of Protracted Engagement
by Celucien L. Joseph
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● From Chibok with Love
by Wole Soyinka
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● The Arrogance of Faith and Religious Imperialism: Soyinka�s Radical Theistic Humanism and Generous Tolerance
by Celucien L. Joseph
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● Two Chains, One Choice: Soyinka and the Quest for Freedom from the Twin Plagues of Political and Religious Maladies in �Samarkand and Other Markets I have known�
by Segun Adekoya
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● Unto These Hills: Soyinka's Spiritual Journey in Idanre
by Nagueyalti Warren
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● A Pragmatic Analysis of Nigerianisms in the English Usage in Soyinka�s Death and the King�s Horseman
by Moses Adebayo Aremu
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● Proverbs as Cultural Semiotics in Soyinka�s Death and The King�s Horseman
by Moses Adebayo Aremu
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● Between Madmen and Specialists and the Beatification of Area Boy: A Comparison of Style
by Omolara Kikelomo Owoeye and Omolade Bamigboye
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● A Bibliography of Secondary Sources on Wole Soyinka, 1988 � 1990: A Work in Progress
by James Gibbs
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● Wole Soyinka: Chronology and Selected Bibliography
by Celucien L . Joseph
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● Wole Soyinka Graduate Commencement Address 2014 at Loyola Marymount University
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPot0gUc0I)
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