Ebook {Epub PDF} Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka

Ake: The Years of Childhood is author Wole Soyinka's autobiographical account about events in his childhood between about 19in the town of Ake in present-day Nigeria. He begins his life in a parsonage compound. His father is Essay, Headmaster of the local equivalent of an elementary school, a man who delights in arguing. AkÉ is the western Nigerian town where Soyinka—one of black Africa's finest writers—grew up, the son of English-speaking, Christianized parents; and this dense, wry, child's-eye memoir of his first twelve years is rich with bi-cultural textures and exquisite period detail (circa ).  · Accordingly, the Soyinka household was at once an intellectual and communal haven in Aké and a stimulating and engaging childhood environment. Thus Aké: The Years of Childhood – as written from this naïve perspective – follows no strict chronology and is rich in sensory detail, imagery, and Yoruba words and variants. And as he grows throughout the book, spanning approximately the .

Aké: The Years of Childhood Wole Soyinka Limited preview - Aké: The Years of Childhood Wole Soyinka Snippet view - and Season of Anomy. His autobiographical works include Ake: The Years of Childhood, Isara: A Voyage Around Essay, The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Memoir of the Nigerian Crisis, and You Must Set Forth at. Wole Soyinka Prose Excerpt from Aké. The Years of Childhood (Pages ) Mr Olagbaju's bachelor house behind the school became a second lunch-hour home. His favourite food appeared to be the pounded yam, iyan, at which I soon became his keen accomplice. Aké: The Years of Childhood was awarded an Anisfield-Wolf Award in Other autobiographical writings by Soyinka include The Man Died (), Isara: A Voyage Around "Essay" (), Ibadan: The "Penkelemes" Years, A Memoir, (), and You Must Set Forth at Dawn (). Adaptations.

Wole Soyinka’s autobiography, Ake: the Years of Childhood, tells of a Nigerian boy’s daily life before and during World War II. His story originally focuses around his household and school, but becomes more emotionally intense as the story of his childhood progresses. Ake: The Years of Childhood is author Wole Soyinka's autobiographical account about events in his childhood between about 19in the town of Ake in present-day Nigeria. He begins his life in a parsonage compound. His father is Essay, Headmaster of the local equivalent of an elementary school, a man who delights in arguing. Thus Aké: The Years of Childhood – as written from this naïve perspective – follows no strict chronology and is rich in sensory detail, imagery, and Yoruba words and variants. And as he grows throughout the book, spanning approximately the first eleven years of his life, Wole's perspective of himself and his reflection on his life in Nigeria and Nigeria's place in the world also mature.