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A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. "Ake The Years of Childhood" gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Ake. A relentlessly curious child who loved books and getting into trouble, Soyinka grew up on a parsonage compound, raised by Christian parents and by a grandfather who introduced him to Yoruba spiritual traditions. His vivid evocation of the colorful sights, sounds, and aromas of the world that shaped him is both lyrically beautiful and laced with humor and the sheer delight of a child's-eye view. A classic of African autobiography, "Ake" is also a transcendantly timeless portrait of the mysteries of childhood.
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- PublisherMinerva
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0749399244
- ISBN 13 9780749399245
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages240
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Condition: Bueno. : This is Wole Soyinka's account of his early childhood and boyhood in the 1930s - a world that was alternately hostile and secure, cruel and tender. The chronicle ends with a child's excited view of the Women's Uprising in Egbaland, Western Nigeria. EAN: 9780749399245 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y ficción|Historia, teoría literaria y crítica Título: Ake Autor: Wole Soyinda Editorial: Methuen Publishing Ltd (5 septiembre 1991) Idioma: EN Páginas: 240 Formato: Tapa blanda Peso: 206 Año de publicación: 1991. Seller Inventory # Happ-2022-02-18-175712
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