Later in 1954, Soyinka moved to England, where he continued his studies in English literature under his mentor Wilson Knight at the University of Leeds (1954–57). He met numerous young and talented British writers. Before defending his BA, Soyinka began publishing and working as an editor for a satirical magazine called The Eagle, in which he wrote a column on academic life, often criticizing his fellow university students.
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After graduating with a second-class upper degree, Soyinka singapore sample phone number remained in Leeds and began work on a master's degree. His intention was to write new plays that would combine European theatrical traditions with those of his Yorùbá cultural heritage. His first major play, The Swamp Dwellers (1958), was followed a year later by The Lion and the Jewel, a comedy that attracted the interest of several members of the Royal Court Theatre in London. Encouraged, Soyinka moved to London, where he worked as a play reader for the Royal Court Theatre. During the same period, his two plays were performed in Ibadan. They dealt with the uneasy relationship between progress and tradition in Nigeria.
In 1957, his play The Invention was the first of his plays to be produced at the Royal Court Theatre. At the time, his only published works were poems such as “The Immigrant” and “My Next Door Neighbour”, which were published in the Nigerian magazine Black Orpheus. It was founded in 1957 by the German scholar Ulli Beier, who had been teaching at the University of Ibadan since 1950.
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