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5 giorni fa · Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, turned 90 on July 13, 2024, and there has been an outpouring of well wishes from different parts of the world.
5 giorni fa · Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, turned 90 on July 13, 2024, and there has been an outpouring of well wishes from different parts of the world. TOFARATI IGE takes a look at the life and times of the respected writer, who is regarded as one of the most influential voices of his generation.
1 giorno fa · Ebrohimie Road, Reviewed: A Literary Legend as Father & Husband. Centred on his former Ibadan residence, family memories of a young militant Wole Soyinka casts strange light on his increasingly contentious legacy as an activist. ★★★★★3.5/5. Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera. July 25, 2024.
5 giorni fa · BusinessDay. July 21, 2024. In a rare moment of recognition and celebration, Nigeria’s literary giant, Wole Soyinka, was on Wednesday honored in his home state of Ogun. The occasion marked a significant milestone in the life of a man who has spent decades speaking truth to power and championing the causes of justice and equality.
1 giorno fa · With Wole Soyinka having just turned 90 and the country conflicted politically and socially, this essay on the Mbari Club urges us to look back on their legacy, their resolution to create art and statements based off the problems of the country, the time they were in and the past they came from that shaped them into the artist they were, in togetherness, expression, creation and truth.
3 giorni fa · Wole Soyinka is in that rarefied category of those who qualify as greats with or without taking his record as a writer into consideration. We do injustice to ourselves, and whoever else we choose to compare him with, as there is no basis for such duplicitous and reductionist comparisons that some make between Wole Soyinka and other writers, as every writer has his style and strengths.
6 giorni fa · Soyinka empowers Africans to reclaim their identities. He also explores the psychological and cultural consequences of colonial rule. In The Man Died: Prison Notes, his autobiographical account of his imprisonment during Nigeria’s civil war, Soyinka not only documents personal hardship but also calls for universal human rights.
