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Wole Soyinka

You Must Set Forth at Dawn (Random House) Nobel Prize-winning African playwright Wole Soyinka explores the myths of exile and return that underlie his most recent memoir. He contrasts European and African cosmologies, and describes his passionate activism as a quest influence by the gods.

By Michael Silverblatt • Sep 28, 2006 • 30m Listen

You Must Set Forth at Dawn

(Random House)

Nobel Prize-winning African playwright Wole Soyinka

explores the myths of exile and return that underlie his most recent memoir. He contrasts European and African cosmologies, and describes his passionate activism as a quest influence by the gods.

Read an excerpt from You Must Set Forth at Dawn.

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Wole Soyinka

You Must Set Forth at Dawn (Random House) Nobel Prize-winning African playwright Wole Soyinka explores the myths of exile and return that underlie his most recent memoir. He contrasts European and African cosmologies, and describes his passionate activism as a quest influence by the gods.

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Wole Soyinka

You Must Set Forth at Dawn (Random House) Nobel Prize-winning African playwright Wole Soyinka explores the myths of exile and return that underlie his most recent memoir. He contrasts European and African cosmologies, and describes his passionate activism as a quest influence by the gods.

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