Aké: The Years of Childhood

E836790

autobiographical memoir

Aké: The Years of Childhood is Wole Soyinka’s autobiographical memoir recounting his early years growing up in colonial Nigeria.

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Label	Occurrences
Aké: The Years of Childhood canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiographical memoir ⓘ
author	Wole Soyinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts	British colonial rule in Nigeria ⓘ Yoruba culture ⓘ childhood education ⓘ family life ⓘ
followedBy	Isara: A Voyage Around Essay NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	autobiography ⓘ memoir ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Aké (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAward	Anisfield-Wolf Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISBN	978-0-394-51219-4 ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Wole Soyinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn	African literature curricula worldwide ⓘ
influenced	studies of African childhood narratives ⓘ
literaryMovement	African literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century literature ⓘ
mainSubject	Wole Soyinka’s childhood ⓘ colonial Nigeria ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	detailed portrayal of Yoruba childhood ⓘ lyrical prose style ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Wole Soyinka’s autobiographical cycle ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London New York City ⓘ
publicationYear	1981 ⓘ
publisher	Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ Rex Collings NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingCountry	Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation	Aké, Abeokuta, Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	political awakening ⓘ race and colonialism ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ
timePeriod	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ

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