ABSTRACT
To introduce any play by Wole Soyinka is a formidable task, necessarily invoking both the astounding achievements of this 1986 Nobel prize-winner and the extensive critical debates they have spawned. Undeniably Africa’s most prolific, prominent and versatile playwright, Soyinka has influenced at least a generation of dramatists, not only in Nigeria but also in other parts of Africa as well as in the African diaspora in the Caribbean and the United States. He has gained widespread international recognition for his work and provoked no small degree of controversy, whether about his work or his political activism. In the role of academic and teacher, having worked variously in Nigeria, London, the United States, Ghana and other African nations, Soyinka has also bestowed a considerable intellectual and pedagogical legacy on his students and colleagues.
