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Interview Details
Title & Link
Wole Soyinka – Interview - NobelPrize.org
Publish Date
April 28, 2005
Interviewees
Wole Soyinka
Interviewers
Simon Stanford
Publisher
Nobel Foundation
Topics
being a 'lazy writer'
childhood in Aké
decolonization
impact of Nobel Prize on life
influence of political activities on writing
theatre and audience connection
threat of intolerance
People Mentioned
Bernard Shaw
Derek Walcott
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Lewis Nkosi
Mandela
Nadine Gordimer
Osama bin Laden
Sani Abacha
Simon Stanford
Toni Morrison
Winston Churchill
Works Mentioned
Mandela's World and other poems
Ogun Abibima
The Invention
Places Mentioned
Abeokuta
Beslan
Iraq
Nigeria
South Africa
United States of America
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