by Wole Soyinka · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782714417176
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Aké: The Years of Childhood is a memoir by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka of his early years in pre-independent Nigeria. The book offers a vivid insight into his childhood, his family, and the community around him. Through his memories, Soyinka paints a portrait of an era and a place full of culture, tradition, and the first glimpses of change.
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He has also written two translated works and many articles and short stories for newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".
