Wole Soyinka @ 80 - 08.05.14
Posted: Apr, 6th 2015
Ahead of the Africa Writes Festival in July Royal African Society present a special talk with Wole Soyinka. Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Beyond his successful literary career, Soyinka is well known for his political activism.
Marking his 80th birthday, Soyinka joins editor and critic Margaret Busby to reflect on his large body of work and the relationship between culture and politics, exploring how literature and the arts speak to the contemporary African experience.
Date: Thursday 8th May 2014
Location: The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB
Time: 18:30-20:30 (GMT)
Ticket: £10, (£8 Over 60s) and £6
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