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...TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED. In this double bill introducing his work to the U.S., Nigerian Playwright Wole Soyinka proves himself to be both a satirist and a mythopoet, blending modern mockery and irony with a residual reverence for the African past, bringing his heroes out of tribal folklore to convincing stage life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 29, 1967 | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

...continent's foremost black playwright, is to speak to Africans about Africa in the concrete context of today but with a keen residual sense of the past. He is emancipated without being alienated. Blending mock humor with flare-lit passion, he is both a satirist and a mythopoet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off Broadway: Infectious Humanity | 11/17/1967 | See Source »

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