The Open sore of A Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigeria

He explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intensive as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. He deftly explains the shifting dramatic personae of Nigerian history and politics to Westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process, tracing the growth of Nigeria as a player in the world economy. Soyinka opens readers to broader questions of nationhood, identity, and the general state of African culture and politics at the end of the twentieth century.