Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka will be featured on this weekend’s episode of Globacom-sponsored African Voices Playmakers on CNN International.
The 30-minute magazine programme will delve into Soyinka’s ideologies and the passion that have driven his life and career.
The nonagenarian will offer insights into his journey, discussing the principles and values that have influenced his work.
Soyinka will also speak on his activism and its inspiration for the film The Man Died on his political incarceration in Nigeria.
Shot entirely in Nigeria — Lagos and Ibadan — in late 2023, the 110-minute feature is directed by Awam Amkpa and produced by Femi Odugbemi. It stars Wale Ojo as Soyinka and covers the renowned playwright’s prison notes, experiences and more.
Sam Dede played the main antagonist, Yisa, Soyinka’s interrogator and torturer.
Rising Hollywood actor Abraham Amkpa played Soyinka’s bosom friend, Femi Johnson; other lead actors are Nobert Young (prison superintendent), Francis Onwochei (prison controller), Edmund Enaibe (AIG), Christina Oshunniyi (Laide Soyinka), Similoluwa Hassan (Emeka Ojukwu), Segilola Ogidan (Morenike), Dili Ezugha (Agu Norris), Ropo Ewenla (Olusegun Obasanjo), Henry Diabuah (Yakubu Gowon), Temilolu Fosudo (Bola Ige), William Idakwo (Victor Banjo), among others.
A special screening was held for the feature film in Lagos on July 12 to commemorate Soyinka’s 90th birthday on July 13.
Viewers can tune into African Voices at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 21 on DSTV Channel 401. Replays will air at noon on the same day, and at 4:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, with additional airings on Monday at 4:00 a.m.
The episode will be repeated the following Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., and on Sunday at 4:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
