Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian Playwright and poet writing in English. He was instrument in the development of a Nigerian theatre. Soyinka was born in Abelkota on July 13, 1934. He was educated in Ibadan University, Nigerian and Leeds University, England. He studied the theatre in London, where his play "The Invention" was produced. He returned to Ibadin in 1960 investigate indigenous drama forms and later that year his play "A dance of the Forest" was performed at Nigerian's Independence Celebrations. He became director of the school of Drama at the University of Ibadan in 1969. Other plays by Soyinka include. The Lion and the Jewel (1963), a satirical comedy in which the imposition of modern civilization of Africa is seen as a threat to individuality and "The Road" (1965) which has its source in Nigerian folklore. He also published Idanre and Others Poems and a novel. "The Interpreters" (1964).

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