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Aké:

the years of childhood, Volume 219
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Vintage Books, 1983 - Biography & Autobiography - 230 pages
A book that tells of the author's experiences in Nigeria.

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User Review  - Kelsey Demers - Goodreads

Nobel Prize winning author Wole Soyinka's autobiography is truly not an easy read. His dense writing requires the reader's constant attention, but the attentive reader will be rewarded with a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Bjorn - Goodreads

Aké, the first volume of Nigerian Nobel prize winner Wole Soyinka's (possibly slightly fictionalised) autobiography, is the first book of his I've read. For most authors, an autobiography is probably ... Read full review

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About the author (1983)

Wole Soyinka, one of Africa's foremost writers, won the Nobel Prize in 1986 and is the author of Death and the King's Horseman, among other works.

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TitleAké: the years of childhood, Volume 219
Aventura. The Vintage Library of Contemporary World Literature. South African Literature
The Library of Contemporary World Literature
Aventura: The Vintage Library of Contemporary World Literatu
AuthorWole Soyinka
PublisherVintage Books, 1983
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized17 Aug 2010
ISBN0394722191, 9780394722191
Length230 pages
Subjects › 

Authors, Nigerian
Authors, Nigerian - 20th century - Biography
Biography & Autobiography / General
Literary Criticism / African
Nigeria
Nigeria - Social life and customs
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Soyinka, Wole - Childhood and youth
  
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