id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9133 Wole Soyinka - Wikipedia .html text/html 9650 1331 72 Among his lecturers was Molly Mahood, a British literary scholar.[23] In the year 1953–54, his second and last at University College, Soyinka began work on "Keffi's Birthday Treat", a short radio play for Nigerian Broadcasting Service that was broadcast in July 1954.[24] While at university, Soyinka and six others founded the Pyrates Confraternity, an anti-corruption and justice-seeking student organisation, the first confraternity in Nigeria.[citation needed] In April 1971, concerned about the political situation in Nigeria, Soyinka resigned from his duties at the University in Ibadan, and began years of voluntary exile.[citation needed] In July in Paris, excerpts from his well-known play The Dance of The Forests were performed. In November 1994, Soyinka fled from Nigeria through the border with Benin and then to the United States.[citation needed] In 1996 his book The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis was first published. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9133.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9133.txt