it is mainly about the corrupt govermant in Nigeria.
Once, for a dare,
He filled his heart-shaped swimming pool
With bank notes, high denomination
And fed a pound of caviar to his dog.
The dog was sick; a chartered plane
Flew in replacement for the Persian rug
this verse shows the exteravagant behaviour 'He' has. his attitude of not caring about money/ things most people would consider expensive.
He made a billion yen
Leap from Tokyo to Buenos Aires,
Turn somersaults through Brussels,
New York, Sofia and Johannesburg.
It cracked the bullion market open wide.
Governments fell, coalitions cracked
Insurrection raised its bloody flag
From north to south.
This verse shows how he caused havoc to the international economy and at the same time made money from doing so.
He knew his native land through iron gates,
His sight was radar bowls, his hearing
Electronic beams. For flesh and blood,
Kept company with a brace of Dobermanns.
But - yes - the worthy causes never lacked
His widow's mite, discreetly publicised
This verse shows how he was a stranger to the land he grew up in. he was so paranoid that he needed top security to protect him from his own people. his true only friends were his dogs. He is stingy and over publiced the little good he did do (widows mite, discreetly publicised) this phrase basically says that eh made it come across as if he had very little but was giving away so much, when we know form previous verses that he was actually very well off.
He escaped the lynch days. He survives.
I dreamt I saw him on a village
Water line, a parched land where
Water is a god
That doles its favours by the drop,
And waiting is a way of life.
Rebellion gleamed yet faintly in his eye
Traversing chrome-and-platinum retreats. There,
Hubs of commerce smoothly turn without
His bidding, and cities where he lately roosted
Have forgotten him, the preying bird
Of passage.
this verse shows: the dream he has shows him in poverty and now one of the populatiojn, no longer special like he once was. even at that state, he still dreamt of rebelling. everyone he used to be with have forgotten about him and he is no longer important.
They let him live, but not from pity
Or human sufferance. He scratches life
From earth, no worse a mortal man than the rest.
Far, far away in dreamland splendour,
Creepers twine his gates of bronze relief.
The jade-lined pool is home
To snakes and lizards; they hunt and mate
On crusted algae
this verse shows: how the new people in charge let him survive as they feel it would be a harder punishment rather than death. his once extravegant palace is now abandoned and habited by insects and algae.
hope this is helpful
Bitter, anger, and tougue-in-cheek ( means hold their tougue).
religion/rituals and sacrifice
Wole Soyinka is a professional writer who specializes in poetry and playwriting. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
ogun is one of the famous poems of soyinka. it brings out the yoruba culture of african people.
life and death come hand in hand.
Wole Soyinka.
wole soyinka 3kids
It means After the Deluge. This is a poem by a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright Wole Soyinka. See related links for more information.
Wole Soyinka's parents are Samuel Ayodele Soyinka and Grace Eniola Soyinka. Samuel was a prominent Anglican minister and Grace was a trader.
Yes, Wole Soyinka is still alive...
Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934.
Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934.
Bitter, anger, and tougue-in-cheek ( means hold their tougue).
She is black and Nigerian. Her name is Folake Wole-Soyinka
I can tell you because wole soyinka is my uncle! I call her Auntie Folake but her name is folake soyinka. I can tell you because wole soyinka is my uncle! I call her Auntie Folake but her name is folake soyinka.
Wole Soyinka is 82 years old (birthdate: July 13, 1934).
Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa was created in 2005.