Biography of Wole Soyinka
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1986/soyinka-bio.html
A bibliography of Wole Soyinka, provided by the Nobel Prize Foundation.
Recent news on Wole Soyinka
http://www.theguardian.com/books/wolesoyinka
The Guardian's compilation of recent articles on Wole Soyinka and his work.
History of Nigeria
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ad41
A brief history of Nigeria; the "British Colonial Rule" and "Independence" sections are most relevant to Soyinka's play.
An Interview with Wole Soyinka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKpycSJHw0
An Al-Jazeera segment on Wole Soyinka's life, in which Soyinka discusses his role in politics and literature.
Prize and Prejudice: Reactions to the Award of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature to Wole Soyinka, particularly in the British Press
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2904309
An academic article examining reactions to Soyinka's Nobel Prize award.