A Dance of the Forests — La Danse de la forêt / La Ronde de la forêt

Authors : Wole Soyinka

Genres : théâtre

Original language : anglais

Editions

  • Oxford University Press, 1963 en
  • Presses universitaires de Nancy, 1991 fr

Written for Nigeria’s independence in 1960, this “harvest festival” summons the spirits of the past: the forest refuses to celebrate the young state and confronts the living and dead with founding violences.

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