May Their Shadows Never Shrink: Wole Soyinka and the Oxford Professorship of Poetry

by Ivor Agyeman-Duah (Editor), Lucy Newlyn (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Contributor)

This important book documents stimulating and engaging reflections and thoughts from international writers and commentators who collectively validate and establish Soyinka as more than deserving of the honor of the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The coeditors Ivor Agyeman-Duah and Lucy Newlyn campaigned for the election of Soyinka and provide insightful analyses of the campaign while arguing for electoral reform. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of world literature and inclusiveness.

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2016