Nigerian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. His birthplace was Abeokuta. Before going to study at the University of Leeds and working at the Royal Court Theatre in London, he attended schools in Nigeria and the University of Ibadan. He returned to Nigeria...Read more in 1960, where he taught and conducted research as a professor of comparative literature at Obafemi Awolowo University. He attempted to establish Nigerian theater until he was imprisoned following the start of the Nigerian Civil War. His book, The Man Died, detailed his experiences. His plays have been performed in Africa, Europe, and America and include The Road, Kongi's Harvest, and A Play of Giants.
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Nigerian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. His birthplace was Abeokuta. Before going to study at the University of Leeds and working at the Royal Court...Read more Theatre in London, he attended schools in Nigeria and the University of Ibadan. He returned to Nigeria in 1960, where he taught and conducted research as a professor of comparative literature at Obafemi Awolowo University. He attempted to establish Nigerian theater until he was imprisoned following the start of the Nigerian Civil War. His book, The Man Died, detailed his experiences. His plays have been performed in Africa, Europe, and America and include The Road, Kongi's Harvest, and A Play of Giants.