Soyinka Wins Anisfield-Wolf Award

The 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday in America, won the Lifetime Achievement award of the annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

The other winners are Andrew Solomon for Far From The Tree (Non-Fiction), Eugene Gloria for My Favorite Warlord (Poetry), Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds (Fiction) and Laird Hunt for Kind One (Fiction).

This was the 78th edition of the award organised by The Root and sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation. Past winners include Derek Walcott, Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer and Wole Soyinka before they won the Nobel Prize.

Every year since 1935, the Anisfield-Wolf Awards have been honouring books and authors that “have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human culture.”

Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book prizes in honour of her father, John Anisfield and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion for issues of social justice.

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That's cool

First to.....

congrats

Real Legend

yuzedo:

You beat me to it.

Congrats

Congrats to the white afro prof.

Kudos to Wole Soyinka!

Congrats Prof.

I think that is better than OON, CON which was given cheaply to people in 9ja .

lets celebrate dis guys while dey are still alive and active and not dead.
Its even worse wen foreigners celebrate dem bettet dan we do
Congrats.

baba niyen! big up man!

Congrats baba Kongi. We go wash am o!

This guy and awards sha!
Think he should be given the father of african literature which is not restricted to modern literature alone.

***** people making us proud, some people de make IEDs

Congratulations to our dear Prof. it is a well deserved honor.
Thump up!!!

ITS REALLY NICE OUR UNCLE PROF. WOLE IS MAKING US MORE POPULAR EVERYDAY ...A YORUBA MAN DOING THE NATION PROUD AGAIN...EVERY TRIBE NOW WANT TO BECOME YORUBA...LAST WEEK IT WAS LARRY KOLDSWEAT, THE NOLLYWOOD GRANDDAD...YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO OUR PEACEFUL AND ACCOMODATING TRIBE IN ALL NIGERIA...THE YORUBA NATION....
IF YOU ARE HAPPY TO BE A YORUBA MAN....LET ME HEAR YOU SAY....A HELL YEAH!!!

topsyking: ITS REALLY NICE OUR UNCLE PROF. WOLE IS MAKING US MORE POPULAR EVERYDAY ...A YORUBA MAN DOING THE NATION PROUD AGAIN...EVERY TRIBE NOW WANT TO BECOME YORUBA...LAST WEEK IT WAS LARRY KOLDSWEAT, THE NOLLYWOOD GRANDDAD...YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO OUR PEACEFUL AND ACCOMODATING TRIBE IN ALL NIGERIA...THE YORUBA NATION....
IF YOU ARE HAPPY TO BE A YORUBA MAN....LET ME HEAR YOU SAY....A HELL YEAH!!!

No be every doctor expensive nah. Some get moderate prices. Hurry before your case enter yaba left.

@topic: Kudos to the number 1 african legend.

Our own WS.

Keep the flag flying sir...

yuzedo: Ohhhhh. my grate uncle have worn anoda aword!! am so happy to God who make me. I will selibret it in my mansion in BANANA ISLAND. YOu are all inviteddd. my adress is no.1 Jnr. Chief Yuzedo Sweetus Oyoyo Close, Off Mike Adenuga Street, Off Aliko Dangote Road, Banana Island, Ikoyi. come one come all. Allaham dulilah. tenks and God blessss. Jesus is LOrdddddd

Me thinks you need to enroll in Abakaliki Grammar School, Ebonyi.

This is what we call intelligence he win award from any angle while Chinua Achebe didn't get to this height yet he is called the greatest. Seriously i don't know what wole soyinka will be called if he die. Maybe the African great greatest of literature or the william shakespeare of our time.

Prof Chukwu gozie gi. May you live long to see more laurels. Ji sie ike

bory09: This is what we call intelligence he win award from any angle while Chinua Achebe didn't get to this height yet he is called the greatest. Seriously i don't know what wole soyinka will be called if he die. Maybe the African great greatest of literature or the william shakespeare of our time.

chinua achebe was one of the greatst,very respectd internationaly..dat he wasnt honourd didnt make any of his work unnoticeable

yuzedo: Ohhhhh. my grate uncle have worn anoda aword!! am so happy to God who make me. I will selibret it in my mansion in BANANA ISLAND. YOu are all inviteddd. my adress is no.1 Jnr. Chief Yuzedo Sweetus Oyoyo Close, Off Mike Adenuga Street, Off Aliko Dangote Road, Banana Island, Ikoyi. come one come all. Allaham dulilah. tenks and God blessss. Jesus is LOrdddddd

ooppss..ur grammar makes me wonder!

Congrats prof

Soyinka! Soyinka!! Soyinka!!!!

Congrats prof soyinka. U make me proud anytime anyday