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The Invention and The Detainee

Wole Soyinka

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Poëzie, Bloemlezingen & Letterkunde
  • ISBN: 9781868883295
The Invention and the Detainee
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:30 december 2004
Aantal pagina's:100
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Wole Soyinka
Hoofdredacteur:Zodwa Motsa
Tweede Redacteur:D.H. Tustin
Co Redacteur:H. de J. Van Wyk
Co Redacteur:H. de J. Van Wyk
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Editie:illustrated edition
Product breedte:152 mm
Product hoogte:13 mm
Product lengte:222 mm
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:152 mm
Verpakking hoogte:13 mm
Verpakking lengte:222 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:159 g
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Editie:illustrated edition
Product breedte:152 mm
Product hoogte:13 mm
Product lengte:222 mm
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:152 mm
Verpakking hoogte:13 mm
Verpakking lengte:222 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:159 g

Samenvatting

This is the first formal publication of two early plays by Soyinka, The Invention (1959) and The Detainee (1965). Widely regarded as Soyinka's first play, The Invention reflects the obsession with race that marked the apartheid regime, and prophetically depicts the beginnings of the crumbling of the apartheid system in the futuristic setting of Johannesburg in 1976. It expresses the concern of the African diapsora with apartheid, which was felt to be an affront to the entire race. The Detainee is a radioplay. The plot foreshadows the writer's own imprisonment and his now familiar concerns about the vagaries of African politics.