[The Conversation Africa] A new novel by celebrated Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka - Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth - is a major event. But some critics have complained that the book is too long and difficult. Esteemed literary critic David Attwell takes these critics on in his annual English Academy Lecture in Cape Town, titled 'Just what gods do you serve, if any?': Wole Soyinka's Chronicles and the Destruction of Postcolonial Reason. This is a shortened version of that lecture.
