The Interpreters - Wole Soyinka | Early Edition 1972

The Interpreters

Wole Soyinka

Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinkas debut novel tells the story of a group of friends facing political corruption and cultural uncertainty in post-independence Nigeria.

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good condition

Edition: Fontana 1972

The Interpreters is a novel by , first published in London in 1965 and later republished as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. It is the first and one of the only three novels written by Soyinka; he is principally known as a playwright. The novel was written in English and later translated into a number of languages

The novel is set in the 1960s, in post-independence and pre-civil war Nigeria, mainly in Lagos. There are five main characters in the novel: the foreign ministry clerk Egbo, the university professor Bandele, the journalist Sagoe, the engineer turned sculptor Sekoni, and the artist Kola. They were friends at high school, then went abroad to study, and returned to start middle-class jobs in Nigeria.

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