Editing Wole Soyinka (section)

===Civil war and imprisonment===
After becoming Chair of [[Drama]] at the [[University of Ibadan]], Soyinka became more politically active. Following the [[Nigerian Civil War#Military coups|military coup]] of January 1966, he secretly met with [[Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu]], the military governor  in the [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Southeastern]] Nigeria in an effort to avert the Nigerian [[Nigerian Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 September 2015 |title=Professor WOLE SOYINKA Full Biography, Life And News - How Nigeria News |url=https://howng.com/professor-wole-soyinka-full-biographylife-and-news/ |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=howng.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

<!---Unclear detail and possible NPOV interpretation. Please source and clean up this section. {{Confusing|date=May 2012}} He returned to Ẹnugu area to meet with Victor Banjọ, a Yorùbá who was working with Biafra. Banjọ told Soyinka that Biafra wanted "national liberation" for the whole of Nigeria. Soyinka sought the support of Western Region military leaders; in particular, he delivered Banjo's message directly to [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], who had recently been appointed as commanding officer for the [[Western Region, Nigeria|Western Region]]. Four evenings after Soyinka returned to the West, Biafran forces invaded the Midwest region, an area that previously maintained ''de facto'' neutrality.

Following the occupation of the Midwest, Soyinka met Obasanjo face-to-face to relay the goals of the Biafrans. Ọbasanjọ had already decided to align with the Nigerian federation. Biafra's invasion of the Midwest resulted in retaliation by federal government forces, and civil war began. Ọbasanjọ disclosed his meeting with Soyinka to his superiors, who declared the writer a traitor and sent out search parties to arrest him. They imprisoned him until the end of the war.*--->
Soyinka was subsequently arrested by federal authorities and imprisoned for 22 months,<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/27/wole.soyinka/index.html "Wole Soyinka: Nigeria's Nobel Laureate"], ''African Voices'', CNN, 27 July 2009.</ref> as [[Nigerian Civil War|civil war]] ensued between the [[Federal government of Nigeria]] and the secessionist state of [[Biafra]]. He wrote a significant body of poems and notes criticising the Nigerian government while in prison.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Despite his imprisonment, his play ''The Lion and The Jewel'' was produced in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]], in September 1967. In November that year, ''The Trials of Brother Jero'' and ''The Strong Breed'' were produced in the Greenwich Mews Theatre in New York City. Soyinka also published a collection of his poetry, ''Idanre and Other Poems'', which was inspired by his visit to the sanctuary of the Yorùbá deity [[Ogoun|Ogun]], whom he regards as his "companion" deity, kindred spirit, and protector.<ref name="ReferenceA">Soyinka, Wole (2006), ''You Must Set Forth at Dawn'', p. 6.</ref>

In 1968, the [[Negro Ensemble Company]] in New York produced ''[[Kongi's Harvest]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=26 April 1968 |title=Theater: Kongi's Harvest |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,838330,00.html |access-date=7 May 2022 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> While still imprisoned, Soyinka translated from Yoruba a fantastical novel by his compatriot [[D. O. Fagunwa]], entitled ''[[The Forest of a Thousand Demons: A Hunter's Saga]]''.

Two films about this period of his life have been announced: ''The Man Died'', directed by [[Awam Amkpa]], a feature film based on a fictionalized form of Soyinka's 1973 prison memoirs of the same name;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akanbi |first=Yinka |date=2024-04-04 |title=Awam Amkpa's Film Adaptation Of 'The Man Died' Stars Wale Ojo As Wole Soyinka |url=https://www.theculturenewspaper.com/awam-amkpas-film-adaptation-of-the-man-died-stars-wale-ojo-as-wole-soyinka/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=The Culture Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BellaNaija.com |date=2024-04-03 |title=Wole Soyinka's "The Man Died" is Coming to Life as a Feature Film this July {{!}} Watch Trailer |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2024/04/wole-soyinka-the-man-died-feature-film-july-2024-trailer/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=BellaNaija |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[Ebrohimie Road]]'', written and directed by [[Kola Tubosun]], which takes a look at the house where Soyinka lived between 1967 – when he arrived back in Ibadan to take on the directorship of the School of Drama – and 1972, when he left for exile after being released from prison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kola Tubosun Writes Documentary on Wole Soyinka's Campus Home on Ebrohimie Road |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2024/03/nigerian-writer-kola-tubosun-is-writing-and-producing-documentary-on-wole-soyinkas-campus-home-on-ebrohimie-road/ |first=Kuhelika |last=Ghosh |date=12 March 2024 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=brittlepaper.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ebrohimie Road, documentary on Soyinka's bungalow, premieres |first=Akintayo |last=Abodunrin |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/ebrohimie-road-documentary-on-soyinka-s-bungalow-premieres/ar-BB1oj4Eh |date=16 June 2024 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>