xxxii Chronology
October. Publication ofThe Burden of Memory, the Muse of
Forgiveness.
June, meets Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prominent African
American death row activist and thinker.
September, addresses Roundtable on Dialogue Among
Civilizations at the United Nations in New York.
August–September , attends conference against
racism in Durban, South Africa sponsored by the United
Nations Commission for Human Rights.
July-August, unpublished playKing Babupremiered in
Lagos and tours a few Nigerian cities.
October–, International Conference on Soyinka’s
theatre at the University of Toronto, Canada.
In mid-March Soyinka and five other writers represent-
ing the International Parliament of Writers make good-
will visit to Palestine and Israel in furtherance of peace
in the Middle East.
October, reads old and new poems in the distinguished
Readings in Contemporary Poetry of the DIA Center in
Manhattan, New York.