Idanre & other poems / by Wole Soyinka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soyinka, Wole

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nigerian poetry--20th century.

Nigerian poetry.

Creation--Mythology.

Creation.

Folklore--Nigeria.

Folklore.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 88 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Hill and Wang paperback edition.

Other Title:

Idanre and other poems

Place of Publication:

New York : Hill and Wang, 1969.

Contents:

of the road. Dawn; Death in the dawn; Around us, dawning; Luo plains; In memory of Segun Awolowo

lone figure. The dreamer; The hunchback of Dugbe; The last lamp; Easter

of birth and death. Koko Oloro; Dedication; A cry in the night; A first deathday; For the Piper daughters (1960); Abiku; To my first hairs; Post Mortem

for women. Song: deserted markets; Psalm; Her joy is wild; Black singer; Bringer of peace; To one, in Labour; In paths of rain; By little loving

grey seasons. I think it rains; Prisoner; Season; Night; Fado singer

october '66. Ikeja, Friday, four o'clock; Harvest of hate; Massacre October '66; Civilian and soldier; For Fajuyi; Malediction

Idantre.

Notes:

"This collection consists of a long poem and a number of shorter one. Idanre, the long one, was written especially for the Commonwealth (British) Arts Festival (1965) and is a creation myth of Ogun, the Yoruba God of Iron. The other poems range from a meditation on the new of the October Massacres in Northern Nigeria (1966) to a wry lament ..."--Cover.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0809013525

9780809013524

0809057255 :

9780809057252

OCLC:

23600020