Aké: The Years of Childhood” gives us the story of Soyinka’s boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké. A relentlessly curious child who loved books and getting into trouble, Soyinka grew up on a parsonage compound, raised by Christian parents and by a grandfather who introduced him to Yoruba spiritual traditions. Categories: African, Arts, Children Literatures, Culture, General Reading, Novels Tags: Ake: (Abridged), child’s library, wole shoyinka
