Publications

  • Books

    Soyinka, Wole. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth. New York: Pantheon, 2021.

    Soyinka, Wole. Beyond Aesthetics: Use, Abuse, and Dissonance in African Art Traditions. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020.

    Soyinka, Wole. Of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.

    Soyinka, Wole. You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir. New York: Random House, 2006.

    Soyinka, Wole. Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World. New York: Random House, 2005.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness. Oxford University Press, 1999.

  • Plays

    Soyinka, Wole. King Baabu. London: Methuen, 2001.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Beatification of Area Boy. London: Methuen, 1995.

    Soyinka, Wole. From Zia, with Love. London: Methuen, 1992.

    Soyinka, Wole. Requiem for a Futurologist. Ibadan: Spectrum Books, 1985.

    Soyinka, Wole. A Play of Giants. London: Methuen, 1984.

    Soyinka, Wole. Opera Wonyosi. London: Methuen, 1981.

    Soyinka, Wole. Death and the King’s Horseman. London: Methuen, 1975

    Soyinka, Wole. Jero’s Metamorphosis. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite. London: Eyre Methuen, 1973.

    Soyinka, Wole. Madmen and Specialists. London: Methuen, 1971.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Road. London: Oxford University Press, 1965.

    Soyinka, Wole. Kongi’s Harvest. London: Oxford University Press, 1965.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Strong Breed. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Trials of Brother Jero. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Lion and the Jewel. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Swamp Dwellers. London: Oxford University Press, 1960.

    Soyinka, WoleThe Invention. London: Oxford University Press, 1959.

  • Poetry

    Soyinka, Wole. Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known. Ibadan: Bookcraft, 2002.

    Soyinka, Wole. Mandela’s Earth and Other Poems. London: Andre Deutsch, 1988.

    Soyinka, Wole. Idanre and Other Poems. London: Methuen, 1967.

  • Short Stories

    Soyinka, Wole. “The Stateless Person’s Tale.” In Refugee Tales III, edited by David Herd and Anna Pincus. Manchester: Comma Press, 2019.

    Soyinka, Wole. “The Arriver’s Tale.” In Refugee Tales, edited by David Herd and Anna Pincus. Manchester: Comma Press, 2016.

    Soyinka, Wole. “The Photograph of the Prince.” In Road Stories: New Writing Inspired by Exhibition Road, edited by Mary Morris. London: Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, 2012.

    Soyinka, Wole. “My Mother Lived on a Farm in Africa.” In NW14: The Anthology of New Writing, edited by Lavinia Greenlaw and Helon Habila. London: Granta Books, 2006.

    Soyinka, Wole. “Escort.” Wasafiri 11, no. 23 (1996): 44–48.

    Soyinka, Wole. “Bossy.” In African Rhapsody: Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience, edited by Nadežda Obradović. New York: Anchor Books, 1994.

    Soyinka, Wole. “Cages.” In African Short Stories, edited by Chinua Achebe and Catherine Lynette Innes. London: Heinemann, 1984.

  • Essays

    Soyinka, Wole. Art, Dialogue, and Outrage: Essays on Literature and Culture. Ibadan: University Press, 2014.

    Soyinka, Wole. Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka. London: Jonathan Cape, 1972.

  • Memoirs

    Soyinka, Wole. You Must Set Forth at Dawn. New York: Random House, 2006.

    Soyinka, Wole. Ake: The Years of Childhood. London: Oxford University Press, 1981.

    Soyinka, Wole. The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka. London: Jonathan Cape, 1972.