The Interpreters: Ritual, Violence, and Social Regeneration in the Writing of Wole Soyinka

Bello presents students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with a critical examination of the literary work, key thematic expression, and lasting impact of Nigerian author, poet, and playwright Wole Soyinka. The author has organized the nine chapters that make up the main body of his text in two parts devoted to the dramas of Soyinka and the ritual imperative of African drama and Soyinkas novels, his aesthetics, ritual violence, and social transformation. Hakeem Bello is a cultural advisor to the Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria. Distributed by African Books Collective. Annotation 2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)