We must set forth at dawn .

The book you are referring to is the monumental memoir by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, titled "You Must Set Forth at Dawn" . The motif of the "dawn traveler" and the open road is central to the first pages of this book. It functions both as a literal description of Soyinka's early years traversing Nigeria by car and as a powerful symbol for his life as an activist.