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Author:
Soyinka, Wole.
Title:
You must set forth at dawn : a memoir / Wole Soyinka.
Edition:
Random House Trade Pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Copyright Date:
2007, c2006
Description:
xx, 499 p., : ill., maps, 20 cm.
Subject:
Authors, Nigerian--20th century--Biography.
Political prisoners--Nigeria--Biography.
Political activists--Nigeria--Biography.
Nigeria--Politics and government.
Contents:
Iba-for those who went before -- Ogun and I -- Early intimations -- Reunion with Ogun -- First skirmishes -- Ogun, less benign -- Uncivil wars: the third force and the midwest incursion -- A moment of truth-and the lies of history -- The conquest of civilian pride -- Interlude to a friendship -- Dining with the devil-and an avatar -- Olori-Kunkun and Ori Olokun -- The "Evil genius" -- A pen coalition-- Dinner with an Avatar -- All the world -- Tonight we improvise -- From ghetto to Garrison -- Bernard Shaw was right! -- How the news came to me -- Thorns in the crown -- To Stockholm and back -- Three lost years -- Nation and exile -- The road to exile -- By the water of Babylon -- Diplomatic recruit -- Requiem for an ecowarrior -- Arms and the man -- A final mission -- Homecoming -- An interim welcome-official -- Where the earth says welcome!
ISBN:
0375755144
9780375755149
OCLC:
(OCoLC)104949125
Locations:
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

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