Africa at the Margin of the World

Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian writer, essayist and 1986 Nobel Literature Laureate, gave a conference entitled Africa at the Margin of the World on March 7, 2008. Some 200 guests from inside and outside the company attended the conference in the Tour Coupole auditorium. Among those in the audience were Jacques Marraud des Grottes, Managing Director, Total E&P Nigeria, Jean Privey, Senior Vice President Africa, Exploration & Production, Total, François Viaud, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and member of the Management Committee, Total and John Addeh, General Manager Public Affairs, Total E&P Nigeria. Mr. Soyinka’s best-known works include:   Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981) The Man Died: Prison Notes (1972) Season of Anomy (1973) Ogun Abibimañ (1976) The Interpreters (1965) The Road (1965) Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years: A Memoir: 1946-1965 (1994) A Scourge of Hyacints (1992) Dance of the Forests (1963) The Swamp Dwellers (1963) Death and the King’s Horseman (1975) You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir (2006) Consult Wole Soyinka's biography >>