# WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place ## **Fall 2017** ![Wole Exhibition](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/coopergallery/files/wole-landingpage.jpg) ## WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place Internationally acclaimed dramatist, social critic, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is an avid collector of African artworks including those from his home country, Nigeria. We placed the collection in conversation with contemporary artists such as Peju Alatise, Moyo Okediji, Olu Amoda, Chris Abani, Peter Badejo, Osaretin Ighile, Bruce Onobrakpeya, and Tunde Kelani. ### Press expand\_more ## Press [### Artslant Magazine: 'Mint Tea, Gossip, and Celebration' ](https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/48740-mint-tea-gossip-celebration) November 07, 2018 ![Soyinka](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/wole-landingpage_01.jpg?itok=H-8d2PuZ) [### Bay State Banner: 'An archive of their own: Wole Soyinka collection takes back African representation' ](https://www.baystatebanner.com/2017/11/03/an-archive-of-their-own/) November 03, 2017 ![Wole Soyinka exhibit](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/img_8254.jpg?itok=gzoWBedo) [### Big Red & Shiny: Feeling Continuity’s Embrace In: Wole Soyinka, Antiquities Across Times and Place ](http://bigredandshiny.org/37038/feeling-continuitys-embrace-in-wole-soyinka-antiquities-across-times-and-place/) November 06, 2017 ![Soyinka](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/woman-looking-at-igbo-and-yoruba-items-photo-melissa-blackall-1-702x336.jpg?itok=o9RxA_7a) [### Boston Globe: 'At Harvard, Wole Soyinka’s collection of African traditional art' ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2017/11/21/harvard-wole-soyinka-collection-african-traditional-art/ROo4LpzBtS9iDa0ZILnzvN/story.html) November 21, 2017 ![Soyinka](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/6nv7zgwoaei6pcctl7h3xnbv4m.jpg?itok=E9xaaVLE) [### Harvard Crimson: 'Cooper Gallery Imbues Collecting with Storytelling' ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/11/26/wole-soyinka/) November 26, 2017 ![Soyinka](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/wole-landingpage_01.jpg?itok=H-8d2PuZ) [### Wicked Local: 'What inspires an artist? Playwright Wole Soyinka's collection on exhibit at Harvard' ](https://www.wickedlocal.com/entertainment/20171130/what-inspires-artist-playwright-wole-soyinkas-collection-on-exhibit-at-harvard) November 30, 2017 ![Soyinka](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-122_01.jpg?itok=k3ed1UP5) ### Exhibition Images expand\_more ### [**Exhibition: WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place**](/galleries/exhibition-wole-soyinka-antiquities-across-times-and-place "Exhibition: WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place") [### cooper\_wole\_exhibition\_melissablackall\_-122.jpg ](/resource/cooperwoleexhibitionmelissablackall-122jpg) ![cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-122.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-122.jpg?itok=rGlc1ua3) [### cooper\_wole\_exhibition\_melissablackall\_-33.jpg ](/resource/cooperwoleexhibitionmelissablackall-33jpg) ![cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-33.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-33.jpg?itok=N_JZfHRZ) [### cooper\_wole\_exhibition\_melissablackall\_-72.jpg ](/resource/cooperwoleexhibitionmelissablackall-72jpg) ![cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-72.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-72.jpg?itok=xj_icnFI) [### cooper\_wole\_exhibition\_melissablackall\_-68.jpg ](/resource/cooperwoleexhibitionmelissablackall-68jpg) ![cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-68.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-68.jpg?itok=htfa79eK) [### cooper\_wole\_exhibition\_melissablackall\_-83.jpg ](/resource/cooperwoleexhibitionmelissablackall-83jpg) ![cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-83.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-83.jpg?itok=aWN_pqge) [### cooper\_wole\_exhibition\_melissablackall\_-132.jpg ](/resource/cooperwoleexhibitionmelissablackall-132jpg) ![cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-132.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cooper_wole_exhibition_melissablackall_-132.jpg?itok=mvPhdmus) ### Cooper LIT - Reading List expand\_more [### Americanah ](/news/americanah) January 01, 2013 Americanah By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Edition: 2013 Anchor Books ISBN 978-0-307-45592-5 ![Americanah](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/americanah.jpg?itok=MikGOyoO) [### Art, Dialogue, and Outrage ](/news/art-dialogue-and-outrage) January 01, 1994 Art, Dialogue, and OutrageBy Wole Soyinka Edition: 1994 Pantheon Books ISBN 0-679-40065-6 ![Art, Dialogue, and Outrage](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/art_dialogue_and_outrage_.jpg?itok=jQ4apJRV) [### At Her Majesty's Request ](/news/her-majestys-request) January 01, 1999 At Her Majesty's Request By Walter Dean Meyers Edition: 1999 Scholastic Books ISBN 0-590-48670-5 ![At Her Majesty's Request](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/at_her_majestys_request.jpg?itok=Qg2Zoh1m) [### Chike and the River ](/news/chike-and-river) January 01, 2011 Chike and the River By Chinua Achebe Edition: 2011 Anchor Books ISBN 978-0-307-47386-8 ![Chike and the River](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/chike_and_the_river.jpg?itok=Cit5Fqok) [### Death and the King's Horseman ](/news/death-and-kings-horseman) January 01, 2002 Death and the King's Horseman A play by Wole Soyinka Edition reprinted in 2002 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-32299-6 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393322998/ref=cm\_sw\_em\_r\_mt\_dp\_U\_PkAECbBM9CV…](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393322998/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_PkAECbBM9CVGW) ![Death and the King's Horseman](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/death_and_the_kings_horseman.png?itok=ndHU1swo) [### Death and the King's Horseman ](/news/death-and-kings-horseman-0) January 01, 2002 Death and the King's Horseman A play by Wole Soyinka Edition reprinted in 2002 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-32299-6 ![Death and the King's Horseman](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/death_and_the_kings_horseman.png?itok=ndHU1swo) [### GraceLand ](/news/graceland) January 01, 2004 GraceLand By Chris Abani Edition: 2004 Picador iSBN 978-0-312-42528-9 ![GraceLand](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/graceland.jpg?itok=8fGy4ye-) [### Half of a Yellow Sun ](/news/half-yellow-sun) January 01, 2006 Half of a Yellow Sun By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Edition: 2006 Anchor Books ISBN 978-1-4000-9520-9 ![Half of a Yellow Sun](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/half_of_a_yellow_sun.jpg?itok=ABcoJGmW) [### Isara: A Voyage around "Essay" ](/news/isara-voyage-around-essay) January 01, 1989 Isara: A Voyage around "Essay" By Wole Soyinka Edition: 1989 (First edition) Random House New York ISBN 0-394-54077-8 ![Isara: A Voyage around "Essay"](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/isara-_a_voyage_around_22essay22_.jpg?itok=jVV_LXg5) [### Myth and the African World ](/news/myth-and-african-world) January 01, 2005 Myth and the African World By Wole Soyinka Edition: 2005 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-39834-7 ![Myth and the African World](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/myth_and_the_african_world.jpg?itok=_Z-P56iR) [### Purple Hibiscus ](/news/purple-hibiscus) January 01, 2012 Purple Hibiscus By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Edition: 2012 Algonquin Books ISBN 978-61620-241-5 ![Purple Hibiscus](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/purple_hibiscus.jpg?itok=-Tzt_CoM) [### The Wrestling Match ](/news/wrestling-match) January 01, 2005 The Wrestling Match By Buchi Emecheta Edition: 2005 George Braziller Publishing ISBN 0-8067-1061-5 ![The Wrestling Match](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/the_wrestling_match.jpg?itok=aJjSSEg6) [### Wole Soyinka ](/news/wole-soyinka) January 01, 2005 Wole Soyinka By Biodun Jeyifo Edition: 2005 Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-11073-0 ![Wole Soyinka](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/wole_soyinka_.jpg?itok=WCVERozK) [### You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir ](/news/you-must-set-forth-dawn-memoir) January 01, 2007 You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir By Wole Soyinka Edition: 2007 Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN 978-0-375-75514-9 ![You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/you_must_set_forth_at_dawn-_a_memoir.jpg?itok=CkCOA-Nj)