Officialgarri:
Born Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka on the 13th July, 1934 into a Yoruba family—Remo—in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State. He is a playwright, poet, essayist and an activist.
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Seun, I learnt you are also an alumni of Obafemi Awolowo University. Please take note that the Ori-Olokun that is found in the Museum is only a travesty. It is also quite unfortunate that the same fake image is used as the University Crest while the real artifact remains somewhere close to London

Source: His books, majorly his personal memoirs
Lalasticlala, I spent my weekend preparing this . Kindly let me take your position in posting this one Birthday for today
I'm currently sipping from a bottle of Heineken in honour!

Sailor22:
Without Christ. He is nothing.

allthingsgood:
He just sounds like a trouble maker tbh

Officialgarri:

In that particular interview, he was asked if it was true that he had "refused" to drink water for over 10 years.
Then he was like "it is not refusal but he had come to knowledge at a very young age and found out wine is better than water "
To me, I think it's an evasive answer. I have often asked friends in medical line and google if it was possible to stay away from water for such a long time

Also in his book Ake; there's nowhere he talked about staying away from water. He was in a Christian home under strict parents. He couldn't have had access to wine.

Gerrard59:
To add,

He was 50 years old when Buhari became HoS and witnessed how Buhari performed yet supported same man in 2015 as an InTeLlEcTuAl

Sailor22:
Without Christ. He is nothing.