NMLP P-033919 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Ake: The Years of Childhood

Wole Soyinka · Rex Collings (London) · 1981

Rex Collings London 1981 is the true first edition. The first American edition (Random House, ISBN 0394528077) is cataloged by dealers variously as 1981 or 1982; in either case it follows the Rex Collings London first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033919 for "Ake: The Years of Childhood" by Wole Soyinka (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033919, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).