Tag: Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka
Soyinka to Tinubu: Seyi’s security escort is excessive, Nigeria needs them more
According to him, national security deployments must reflect the realities facing the larger population, rather than being concentrated around the…
Pink Awards recognises Soyinka’s impacts
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of Women Arise for Change and Promoter of Pink Awards, praised Soyinka’s six decades of activism,…
The hunger march as universal mandate
The nation’s security agencies cannot pretend unawareness of alternative models for emulation, civilized advances in security intervention.
Soyinka: I intend to keep quiet about Tinubu’s administration for now
Soyinka said this while responding to questions in an interview session by a team from The NEWS magazine in commemoration…
Soyinka at 90: Truth, Falsehood, Justice, Dystopia
On this note, I now move directly to the concluding section of this talk. Earlier in the talk, I promised…
How Soyinka shocked me in his house – Gbenga Daniel
In his speech, Daniel, who was also the Chairman of the occasion, said when he visited Soyinka and saw that…
Wole Soyinka at 90: A personal reflection
Soyinka is perhaps unique in his combination of a long, distinguished literary career with an equally tumultuous one as a…
Soyinka: Tinubu stubbornly completely ignored my advice
However, Tinubu contested for the presidency against Atiku and 16 others in the 2023 election, but Soyinka did not endorse…
Why Nobel Prize in Literature shouldn’t have been awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016 – Soyinka
the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the…
Wole Soyinka in Brazil for Africa Week
The African Pride, which is organising these programmes, seeks to encourage a mutual exchange of ideas on how Africa will…
Vilification of Soyinka
There is a whole industry devoted to misattributing various sentiments to the Nobel Laureate on virtually every subject under the…
Why Soyinka is angry, seeks visa ban for perpetrators of violence
Soyinka made this assertion on Tuesday 21 March 2023 at the World Poetry Day, organised by ProvidusBank in Lagos. The…
Flashback: Day I confronted Prof. Soyinka at Oputa Panel
Barrister Ken Ikonne recalls his experience cross-examining Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka at Oputa Panel about 20 years ago
Soyinka berates Obasanjo again, says he’s least worthy of ex-heads of state
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the least worthy of former Heads of State…