Tag: WOLE SOYINKA
I have destroyed my green card – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the...
Lai Mohammed hails Soyinka on 30th anniversary of Nobel Prize
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has saluted Prof. Wole Soyinka for inducting Nigeria into the Hall of Fame through his iconic literary...
Good-bye, Rasheed… By Wole Soyinka
He still owes me a visit. After he spied a rug from his factory years ago, on which a lion had been emblazoned, it...
Soyinka should quickly tear his green card – Femi Kuti
Afrobeat star, Femi Kuti, has reacted to the statement by his father’s cousin, Prof. Wole Soyinka, before the US presidential polls, in which he...
Nigerians mock Soyinka, TB Joshua over US election result
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua, have come under harsh criticism over statements...
I’ll destroy my green card if Trump wins US election –...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that he will destroy his American green card if Republican nominee, Donald Trump, is elected US president...
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In 2007, the British Council, which has had a long history of collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre London,...
Three months after denying endorsement, Soyinka meets Buhari in Aso Rock
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, on Thursday for a private meeting.
He arrived the Aso Rock...
Nigeria’s sovereignty is negotiable – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has repeated his call for the restructuring of Nigeria, reiterating that the sovereignty of the nation is negotiable.
Soyinka, who...
Muhammad Ali at the ringside: A poem by Wole Soyinka
The arena is darkened. A feast of blood
Will follow duly; the spotlights have been borrowed
For a while. These ringside prances
Merely serve to whet the...