How Long to Read Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation

How Long Does it Take to Read Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation by Bola Dauda

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This timely and expansive biography of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate, and social activist, shows how the author's early years influence his life's work and how his writing, in turn, informs his political engagement. Three sections spanning his life, major texts, and place in history, connect Soyinka's legacy with global issues beyond the borders of his own country, and indeed beyond the African continent. Covering his encounters with the widespread rise of kleptocratic rule and international corporate corruption, his reflection on the human condition of the North-South divide, and the consequences of postcolonialism, this comprehensive biography locates Wole Soyinka as a global figure whose life and works have made him a subject of conversation in the public sphere, as well as one of Africa's most successful and popular authors. Looking at the different forms of Soyinka's work--plays, novels, and memoirs, among others--this volume argues that Soyinka used writing to inform, mobilize, and sometimes incite civil action, in a decades-long attempt at literary social engineering.

How long is Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation?

Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation by Bola Dauda is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation aloud.

What Reading Level is Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation?

Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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