Conversations with Wole Soyinka.

World Literature Today | January 1, 2002| | Copyright

Biodun Jeyifo, ed. Jackson. University Press of Mississippi. 2001. xxvii + 223 pages $46 ($18 paper) ISBN 1-57806-337-X (338-8 paper)

CONVERSATIONS WITH WOLE SOYINKA is far more rewarding than I expected, since it is neither a piece of creative writing by Soyinka nor a critical appraisal of his work. Biodun Jeyifo's well-informed introduction and the eleven "conversations" or interviews that follow bring deep insight into Soyinka the man and his writings. While there may be disparity between what the writer intends to do (as shown in interviews) and the actual ...

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