Truth for me is freedom, is self-destination. Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

– Wole Soyinka
(1998 interview with Harry
Kreisler at UC, Berkeley)

Works Cited

AUDIO:

Soyinka, Wole. Interview by Harriett Gilbert. BBC World Book Club. BBC, May 2007. Web. 23 Sep. 2010.

IMAGES:

"1913 Map of Africa." Map. The Map Room: Africa: Nigeria. The British Empire, nd. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

"A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese port of Nagasaki, the result of an atomic bomb, the second ever used in warfare, dropped on the industrial center August 8, 1945, from a U.S. B-29 Superfortress." Photograph. World War II Photos. The National Archives, nd. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

"Abeokuta from Olumo Rock." Photograph. Abeokuta, Nigeria. Discover the World: Abeokuta, Nigeria, nd. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

Bavagnoli, Carlo. "Pensive portrait of author Wole Soyinka." Photograph. TIME. Time & Life Pictures, 1 Jan. 1966. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

Bavagnoli, Carlo. "Portrait of author Wole Soyinka w. cigar in hand." Photograph. TIME. Time & Life Pictures, 1 Jan. 1966. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

Clarke, D. "Egúngún Masquerade." Photograph. About Egúngún performance. Royal Pavilion, Museums & Libraries: Brighton & Hove City Council, 1998. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

"Cover Art." Photograph. Aké: The Years of Childhood. Amazon, 1996. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

Schneider, Deiter. "The Big Leaf." Web Design. BTemplates. Btemplates, 11 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Sep. 2010.

"The Soyinka Family, 1938. S.A. (Essay) and Eniola (the Wild Christian) with Wole, Tinu and Femi." Photograph. Wole Soyinka. Academy of Achievement, 1996. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

UN Cartographic Section. "Administrative Map of Nigeria." Map. Administrative Map of Nigeria. Nations Online Project, 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

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SOFTWARE:

"Google Earth." google.com/earth. Google, 2010. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

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"About Egúngún Performance." brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk. Royal Pavilion, Museums & Libraries: Brighton & Hove City Council, nd. Web. 24 Sep. 2010.

Adenle, Tola. "Soyinka’s Ake, The Years of Childhood: A review of the abridged edition." Rev. of Aké: The Years of Childhood, by Wole Soyinka. The Nation (Nigeria). 25 Oct. 2007. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

Leonard, John. "Books Of The Times." Rev. of Aké: The Years of Childhood, by Wole Soyinka. The New York Times Book Review. 23 Sep. 1982. Web. 23 Sep. 2010.

Metz, Helen Chapin, ed. Nigeria: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

Rose, Charlie "Guests: Wole Soyinka." charlierose.com/guest. Charlie Rose, 2010. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

Soyinka, Wole. Aké: The Years of Childhood. New York, NY: Random House, 1981. Print.

Soyinka, Wole. Interview by Harry Kreisler. Conversations with History. Institute of International Studies: UC, Berkeley, 16 Apr. 1998. Web. 23 Sep. 2010.

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"Wole Soyinka." nobelprize.org. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986: The Nobel Foundation, 2010. Web. 26 Sep. 2010.

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asaforitifa. "Egungun de cazadores - Egungun of hunters - Isese Day, Osogb." Video. YouTube. YouTube, 28 Sep. 2007. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

asaforitifa. "Recorrido de los Egungun (Ancestros) festival de 'Isese.'" Video. YouTube. YouTube, 27 Sep. 2007. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

carnegiecouncil. "Wole Soyinka: Democracy & Power in Nigeria." Video. YouTube. YouTube, 1 Sep. 2009. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

PrinceBamidele. "ODUA DE Drummers and Egungun dancer." Video. YouTube. YouTube, 27 Jul. 2007. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.

Stanford, Simon. "Interview with Wole Soyinka." Video. NobelPrize.org. The Nobel Foundation, Apr. 2005. Web. 26 Sep. 2010.

UCtelevision. "Conversations with History: Wole Soyinka." Video. YouTube. YouTube, 1 May 2008. Web. 25 Sep. 2010.