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Ake: The Years of Childhood | Wole Soyinka
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The Nigerian playwrite, poet, and novelist recounts his first eleven years growing up under the influence of his parents, traditional Yoruba customs, and Christian missionaries
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After reading so many great reviews of this, expectations were high, and especially in the first part, met. Wole Soyinka has a light way of deep storytelling, combining poetic elements and real street talk, that I really enjoyed.