| The Man Died | |
| Author: | Wole Soyinka |
| Genre: | Memoir |
| Pub Date: | 1972 |
The Man Died: Prison Notes is a 1972 non-fiction book by Wole Soyinka that explores Soyinka's experiences in prison during the Nigerian Civil War. In 1984, a Nigerian court banned the book.[1] In 2011, The Guardian included The Man Died on their list so of the 100 greatest non-fiction books.[2]
The book, along with Soyinka's You Must Set Forth At Dawn, form the background of a documentary film , written by Nigerian writer and linguist Kola Tubosun about the period of Soyinka's arrest, detention, and the circumstances of his leaving the University of Ibadan for exile in 1972.[3] [4]
Another feature film of the same name, based on the 1972 memoir The Man Died, is set to premiere in Lagos and London in July 2024 to mark Soyinka's 90th birthday.[5] It was directed by Awam Amkpa and produced by Femi Odugbemi.