his writings Osisanwo, Ayo, & Muideen Adekunle. "Expressions of Political Consciousness in Wole Soyinka’s Alapata Apata and Femi Osofisan's Morountodun: A Pragma-Stylistic Analysis". Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2011): 521–542. Religion On Sunday, 20th November, 2022; during a public presentation of his two-volume collection of essays, Soyinka disclosed his religion as Mythologist from his statement which reads: “Do I really need one (religion)? I have never felt I needed one. I am a mythologist. “But religion? No, I don’t worship any deity. But I consider deities as creatively real and therefore my companions in my journey in both the real world and the imaginative world,” he said. See also Nigerian literature List of 20th-century writers List of African writers Black Nobel Prize laureates Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa List of Nigerian writers Notes References Further reading Bankole Olayebi (2004), WS: A Life in Full, Bookcraft; biography of Soyinka. Ilori, Oluwakemi Atanda (2016), The Theatre of Wole Soyinka: Inside the Liminal World of Myth, Ritual and Postcoloniality. PhD thesis, University of Leeds. Mpalive-Hangson Msiska (2007), Postcolonial Identity in Wole Soyinka (Cross/Cultures 93). Amsterdam-New York, NY: Editions Rodopi B.V. Yemi D. Ogunyemi (2009), The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka (PublishAmerica). Yemi D. Ogunyemi (2017), The Aesthetic and Moral Art of Wole Soyinka (Academica Press, London-Washington). Carpenter, C. A. (1981). "Studies of Wole Soyinka's Drama: An International Bibliography". Modern Drama 24(1), 96–101. doi:10.1353/mdr.1981.0042. External links Wole Soyinka papers, 1966–1996. Houghton Library, Harvard University. "Wole Soyinka" Profile, Presidential Lectures, Stanford University Maya Jaggi, "Profile: Ousting monsters", The Guardian, 2 November 2002 Uchenna Izundu, "Inspiring Nigeria's political dawns", BBC, September 2007. Amy Goodman, "Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka: Darfur Crisis 'A Blot on the Conscience of the World, Democracy Now!, 18 April 2006. Amy Goodman, "Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in the Niger Delta, the Effect of Iraq on Africa and His New Memoir", Democracy Now!, 18/19 April 2006. Dave Gilson, "Wole Soyinka: Running to Stand Still", Mother Jones, July/August 2006. Paul Brians, "Study guide for The Lion and the Jewel, The Trials of Brother Jero, and Madmen and Specialists", Washington State University. "The Climate of Fear", Soyinka's Reith Lectures, BBC, 2004. Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, " The Essential Soyinka", African Writing Online, No. 7. "Wole Soyinka - Ake: The Years of Childhood", World Book Club, BBC World Service, 29 May 2007. Martin Banham, "Wole Soyinka: an appreciation", Leeds African Studies