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Title:Biography into Autobiography: Wole Soyinka and the Relatives Who Inhabit 'Ake'
Author:Gibbs, James L.ISNI
Year:1988
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:26
Issue:3
Period:September
Pages:517-548
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:literature
biographies (form)
Literature, Mass Media and the Press
About person:Wole Soyinka (1934-)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/160896
Abstract:Biographical sketches of some of Wole Soyinka's relatives: from the Ijebu side of his family, the Odemo of Isara, his grandfather, and his father, Samuel Ayodele Soyinka; from the Egba side of his family, who lived in Abeokuta, the Reverend J.J. Ransome-Kuti (c. 1855-1930), the Reverend I.O. Ransome-Kuti (d. 1955) and his wife, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978) - parents of the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, and Soyinka's mother, Grace Eniola Soyinka (d. 1983). Biographical information is derived mainly from Soyinka's own work, particularly his autobiography 'Ake: the years of childhood' (1981). Note, ref.
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