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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Is Bereaved! by oladoya(m): 11:45pm On Dec 29, 2013
... Iyetade Soyinka, a daughter of
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has
died.
Ms. Soyinka, who was born June
6, 1965, died at the University
of Ibadan Teaching Hospital
where she was being treated
for an undisclosed ailment.
The death was disclosed in a
statement signed by Jahman
Anikulapo, an aide to Mr.
Soyinka, one of the world’s
foremost dramatists and winner
of the 1986 Nobel Prize in
literature. The statement noted
that the late Iyetade Soyinka
was a student at the Staff
School and Queens School,
Ibadan before she studied
Medicine at the University of
Ibadan.
Mr. Anikulapo’s statement
described the deceased as
“affable, intelligent and
sometimes capricious,” adding
that she “struggled with her
health in recent years.”
Despite her health woes, the late
Iyetade Soyinka “greeted every
day with a smile and doted on
her two children.”The statement,
which was issued on behalf of
the deceased’s family, revealed
that Ms. Soyinka “took ill quite
suddenly and passed away
while being treated at UCH,
Ibadan.“Iyetade leaves behind
two children, both parents,
numerous siblings, nieces and
nephews.”
No funeral arrangements were
announced in the statement.
SaharaReporters was unable to
reach Professor Soyinka before
press time.
(Culled from Sahara Reporters)
Re: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Is Bereaved! by WilyWily5: 12:31am On Dec 30, 2013
nah wa for death, don't even know the reason why God created death, the Yorubas that suppose to die don't die, but the one that don't have to die died.
Re: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Is Bereaved! by Nobody: 12:37am On Dec 30, 2013
Wily+Wily:
nah wa for death, don't even know the reason why God created death, the Yorubas that suppose to die don't die, but the one that don't have to die died.

That also explains why creatures like you are still alive.
Re: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Is Bereaved! by OmoTier1(m): 12:39am On Dec 30, 2013
@OP,
IT IS SOYINKA's daughter and not Prof. SOYINKA himself... Please correct your misleading title
Re: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Is Bereaved! by OAM4J: 1:38am On Dec 30, 2013

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