Collected Plays: Volume 1

by Wole Soyinka

Book Overview

Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, this Nigerian poet, playwright, and novelist writes of the rich cultural traditions as well as the hopes and frustrations of black Africa. This two-volume collection of his plays includes A Dance of the Forests, The Swamp Dwellers, The Strong Breed, The Road, and The Bacchae of Euripides in the first volume, and The Lion and the Jewel, Kongi's Harvest, The Trials of Brother Jero, Jero's Metamorphosis,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192811363
• ISBN13: 9780192811363
• Release Date: October 1973
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

A Dance of the Forests

Although I was introduced to this book because of an english assignment, I became entranced by the book by the first 10 pages. And although it is confusing at times, and a teacher explaining the story as you go along is a signifigant help, the lyrical blend of Western experimentalism and African folk tradition is quite inebriating. If you are at all interested in African folk lore, this play is a must read for you. Wole Soyinka is one of the most respected play writers in all of Africa, and this is one of his best works.