₦airaland Forum

It is a collection of essays/lectures/writtings of Soyinka.some of the subject discussed include the following

- Cults,Counter culture and the Perils of Ignorance.
-Dancing on Ige's grave
- Of Power, Doctrine and Freedom
-The limits of knowledge
-The Politics of Rituals of Atonement
-An Ecumenical spirit
-Gani: Bridging the Regeneration Gap
-Coons, Baracoons and Barack
And many more.

Nimshi: doja: interesting post.

Most posters aren't posting African authors; I am having a renewed interest in African authors and hope you'd write some more about these two books.

First, Adebanwi: A paradise for maggots - I can't find this book on amazon.co.uk, neither at amazon.com; any leads?

Second: Wole Soyinka 'Interventions 1 & 2' - couldn't find this either; where could one get it?

I find biographies sometimes tedious; a poster above wrote of Bill Clinton's 'My Life'; couldn't get far with this bulky book; perhaps it's just that some familiarity with the subject robs of the enjoyment of reading it. Soyinka's biographies are different though; he explains why . . . But if you have any recommendations, be kind to drop them here


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Nimshi,

Sorry I have not been here in days. I got Wole Soyinka's 'Interventions 1&2' from Cafe Crystallis in Ibadan(7500 Naira) and Adebanwi's 'Paradise of Maggots' from Booksellers also in Ibadan(5000 Naira)

Paradise of Maggots chronicles the story of africa's most courageous and most succesful anti corruption czar.This riveting narrative of one of Africa's biggest cesspits of graft will leave you gasping for breath,shocked at how our country with abundant resources,was turned into laughing stock of the entire world by its thieving elite.You are likey to be inspired by one man's dangerous battle to reverse the history of graft in the country.

Interventions--- The themes of the series vary literally from the sublime to the ridiculus, from national foibles to the tragic face of nation existence, from citizens derilictions and delinquencies to government criminalities and betrayals of trust,from the celebration of life and other eulogies to lamentations.

I am presently enjoying african writers, I just finished reading ' A Paradise for Maggots' by adebanwi and I am starting 'interventions' volume 1&2 by Wole Soyinka tonight.

My target for the rest of the year is to read atleast 2 more Biographies before the end of the year and my preference is for a mathematician/physicist or a sucessful asian leader .