gensteejay:

Do you have soft copies of some of his books?

emkz:
Hushpupi's gay thread hit 8 pages. Let us promote Wole Soyinka's thread to double that, if not for anything, to prove that we celebrate our iconic figures that make our country proud.

Wole Soyinka famously published a full page newspaper advert where he rubbished IBB for wishing him a happy 80th birthday.

He cofounded the famous pirates confraternity, whose objectives were to fight for the rights of black students.

He finished with an upper second class degree from the University of Leeds.

He went through three/four wives and was recently diagnosed with cancer.

He and Obasanjo intensely hate each other, I hope to understand why some day.

He and Chinua Achebe respected each other.

He has a deep, powerful and commanding voice that gets everyone's attention whenever he speaks.

Dear Nairalanders, write your impressions about Wole Soyinka even if you quote others like the OP, this is a man we must celebrate in the face of Hushpupi, Magu. And perhaps, the education Moderators can serialize exploits of Nigerian academics abroad who can inspire the readers. News from Hushpupi, Magu, PDP and APC can be very depressing.

PS: I hope Nollywood does a movie on him soon.

queenitee:

Can you please share if you come across any?
Good morning

gensteejay:

All right.

CanadaOrBust:


No, what it shows is that there’s a lot we don’t know. 1000 years from now it may be found that health experts of today were full of shít!

CanadaOrBust:
Nothing like a true icon living to a ripe old age!
HBD to a true legend!

But this shows it’s not from eating vegetables and avoiding danger and all that. WS didn’t do any of that. Infact I heard he didn’t drink water for ten years - only wine! The way he lived guaranteed he’d die young. Yet here we are!

McTobe:
Founders Day Celebration Sally at PC Ankor Points Nationwide

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!

Sammy07:


Go and read his book "Dawn or Idanre" you'll see where he said it.

Sailor22:
Without Christ. He is nothing.

Enyimbamercedes:
He supported Buhari to power and called the former First Lady a hippopotamus. He was paid back in full by Femi Adeshina calling him a fiction writer

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.
Uncommon Facts about him:

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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!

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.
Uncommon Facts about him:

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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!

crazygod:
With all his great mind, I am tempted to say he is one of the reasons why Nigeria is like this. From introducing secret cult to our universities in his young age to introducing that disaster (bubu) to Nigerians in his old age. Happy birthday sha

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.
Uncommon Facts about him:

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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!

gowonmaharajah:

well,maybe you are wrong. the real aim of cultism initially has been long messed up by our youths.you know how Nigerians mess everything up,even the good things.

and how did he introduce Buhari to Nigerians?
weren't everybody visibly vexed and tired of Jonathan's administration?
everybody wanted him out of office that year.it's a fact you can't deny.

Gerrard59:


You should know by now that so-called curses through the Internet do not work. OP reeled out uncommon facts about WS and I added one. Why are you pissed up? Was WS not 50 years old when Buhari became HoS in 1983?

Modified: I went through your posts and unsurprisingly, you are a chronic, vile and hungry tribalist.

Sailor22:
Without Christ. He is nothing.

ekestic1976:


So you're not a tribalist, en? Pele o, the great nationalist. Your leading light Zik of Biafra was also a nationalist, but see now where his nationalism and Nigerianess have left you his blind and conceited followers. Everyone is rejoicing with an old man on his birthday, but you chose to dig up untruths about his past. If you weren't a tribalist you would quite spontaneously have rejoiced with him. One day, you prople will know that much of your troubles in Nigeria are self-inflicted.