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...World (1976), a collection of poems, and The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis (1996), which Soyinka adapted from a lecture series he gave at Harvard. He has also written two well-reviewed autobiographical works, Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981) and Ibadan, The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir...
...doesn't have to pretend to be resolute. Born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, the daughter of a white English nurse and a Nigerian teacher, she's been overcoming obstacles--cultural and artistic--virtually her entire life. Sade says she has always felt "accepted," but when she was 11 and living in England, she recalls being surrounded by white schoolboys and assailed with taunts such as, "Go black home, you'll be all white in the morning...
...doesn't have to pretend to be resolute. Born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, the daughter of a white English nurse and a Nigerian teacher, she's been overcoming obstacles - cultural and artistic - virtually her entire life. Sade says she has always felt "accepted," but when she was 11 and living in England, she recalls being surrounded by white schoolboys and assailed with taunts such as, "Go black home, you'll be all white in the morning...
...some sort of solution that could save lives in at least 10% of total-failure cases. In many instances, there have been a few precious minutes available during which the doomed passengers could have reacted and attempted to save themselves. Fastening seat belts is just not enough. WAHEED QUADER Ibadan, Nigeria...
...neighboring buildings are other embassies and elementary schools. It's time the U.S. government reviewed security measures for its buildings and reassessed their location to protect the people who live or work near these embassies. And international terrorists need to be watched more closely than ever now. OLUKEMI OLUNLOYO Ibadan, Nigeria...