funkybaby: @ iyaniwura

well done! very interesting write up.

i have learnt so many new things about wole soyinka.

i honestly never knew he was an ijebu man

bodee:
I can smell one of the following things here: jealousy/envy/hatred/sentiment and probabely ignorance.

Ìyániwúrà123: @Orikinla

1. LOL! When Ben Okri wins, he will join the league. For now, you are counting unhatched eggs. A million Black Nobelists may come, but WS remains the first. #Unarguable. #Trailblazer. And yes, he remains the first EVER. Good luck to your Ben.

2. No one is comparing him with South African dramatists. Links have been provided to Soyinka's plays across the globe, even as far as India. The comparison is a task you've given yourself.

3. The word used was PERHAPS. Check again. If there is any misinformation, you point it out and do not insult the generality of the people. That you are free to air your opinions does not confer upon you the liberty to call anyone olodo or ode. No one is an island of knowledge even if you call yourself an authority. You are still making comparison with Achebe. Again, that's a task you've assigned to yourself.

4. This post is not about John Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Tony Morrison or Naguib Marfouz, it is about WOLE SOYINKA. You also forgot to tell us that Coetzee is presently an Australian citizen and a white man as you made it sound like he was one black South African. This post is celebrating a BLACK AFRICAN PIONEER. And I believe you know what Francosphere is anyway

NB: The large font size was not needed. Seriously.

Thanks.

Orikinla:

I USE LARGER FONTS WHEN TEACHING CHILDREN ABC.

Ìyániwúrà123: Ok, I get that. Reminds me of my primary school teacher.

shymexx:

@ the bolded - let 'em know, uncle...

Proud Ijebu boy - we gatts it up there and we're natural merchants!!

We put naija on the world map!!

Ijebu boy!!

Stephenaite:
Wole Soyinka! an Epitome of Obscure dictions..full of sagacity....I know one day I also will become a Nobel laurel because I started writing right from infant