"They came in hordes, and squatted on the land. It only took an hour or two, and the village returned to normal."
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The Swamp Dwellers
The Swamp Dwellers (1958) by Wole Soyinka Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, distinguishing him as the first African to receive that honor. His political activism during and after the Nigerian independence struggles informs much of his writing, including his first major drama, The Swamp Dwellers, which debuted in 1958. A short play that stages one day in the life of an impoverished Nigerian family, The Swamp Dwellers concerns the fallen fortunes of yo
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