As credited to Damola Ifaturoti, this is the picture of Nigeria’s first and only Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka in his first year in school. back in his secondary school days which is group photograph of members of the Government College, Ibadan (GCI) Dramatic Club in 1946 including.

Pictures of Professor Wole Soyinka and Christopher Kolade

He is on the right lying on his side by the school plaque which reads ‘ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE’. The other boy on the other side of the plaque is believed to be Soyinka’s classmate, Christopher Kolade who later went on to become a veteran broadcaster, one-time Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Like someone rightly said, "these are true shoeless heroes"

PHOTO CREDIT: DAMOLA IFATUROTI/NNP/YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN BY PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA

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