₦airaland Forum

bestman09:
This acclaimed wise man have the audacity and effrontery to tear US green card issued to him, yet he is crying for visa. He should be glad that he was not jailed for that.

He should sit down and enjoy tinubu government.

musicwriter:
It is actually Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe that sought the approval of white people, not others.

After independence, he and Achebe and co argued that bkackism (called Negritude then) was a bad idea and that anybody who don't key into Western hegemony would regret it. White people from then on took control of them and used them to bring us as we're today.

Intelligent people like Cheikh Anta Diop, Obiajunwa Wali, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, advocating for bkackism were sidelined. That's why they're not popular.

If these people were alive today or even anybody who've done their research, they'll do to Soyinka what Igbos call "ntoor"

Soyinka, who is a staunch critic of US President Donald Trump,

helinues:
Prof should let it go. Americans don't want people to talk about their demi god Trump

shortgun:
Its becoming clearer by the day that Wole Soyinka didn’t deserve that Nobel Prize.
We can all see that from his character.
He only got the award because other African authors at that time shunned the prize in protest but Wole, being the cunning man he is sneaked behind and collected it.

Modified:
How Wole soyinka betrayed Africa to receive the Nobel prize.

Wole soyinka betrayed Africa by receiving the Nobel prize. Other African Authors were fighting to eliminate the influence of colonial foreign languages on Africa.

African writers like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Ayi Kwei Armah and Obi Wali strongly opposed the Nobel prize because it was eurocentric and promoted only Europen languages like English and French. The African authors argued that language is not neutral that it carries culture, worldview and power.

Therefore, recognizing African authors in English or French languages instead of an African language continues colonial domination because it privileges European ways of seeing the world.

They believed true African liberation required writing, teaching and thinking in indigenous African languages to restore dignity and control of cultural narrative.

They saw Soyinka’s insistence on accepting an award in English language and one that promotes the language of the colonialists as a betrayal of Africans.

“You can’t decolonize the mind while speaking the colonizer’s tongue.” one of them said

tunapawizzy:
Even if we do not like Trump, we have to be objective. Prof Wole Soyinka himself said he destroyed his green card in protest to Donald Trump getting elected as US president. He says he no longer wants to be a part of the US society. What is wrong if the US decides to cancel any take away his visa.
Its not about his remarks of Trump. His status as a green card holder is a privilege that enables him to be a stable member of the American Society, the man himself says he does not want that anymore. Why should the US keep his visa valid. If he ever changes his mind, he should talk to them that I now want to be a part of your society, give me my visa back.

ademijuwonlo:
USA has every right to revoke his visa and he should just suck it up and let it go considering what he had said in the past.

Lukuluku69:
Intelligent and well grounded individuals as you is one of the reason why I still tag along on Nairaland.

This response is so true 👍. But how many people out there know this?

shortgun:
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musicwriter:
Words by brother Malcolm X written on marble.

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EnergyEnerrgy:
This is a human being thing, not a black man-white man thing

EnergyEnergy:
is there an event that award Africa writer who write using an African language, like an Africa Nobel price

helinues:
Prof should let it go. Americans don't want people to talk about their demi god Trump

Bar1941:
Hypocrite just because he refused to support the packaged fraudster of a politician called Peter Obi I guess!

mablie:
You people are incapable of thinking critically.The Trump administration is proving Soyinka's criticism of them right with this petty action.So-called tough guys behaving like little children because their delicate feelings got hurt by Soyinka's words

FarahAideed:
https://punchng.com/us-defends-soyinkas-visa-revocation/

Omoawoke:
Woke Soyinka does not really need their visa

Baba is just pulling their legs
He’s 92 !!

dfrost:
And he held a press conference? Common, stop this man.

Some of you don't know Cap'n more than us. Prof goofed on this, truth be told.

One thing about truth is it knows no boundsries, age, or status.

There are some utterances you don't allow to to go out of your room, and outside camera.

The need to stay relevant exposed Prof, honestly.

Omoawoke:
What does a 92 years old man need US visa for?

His future??
He wan go see america ba? Or for what exactly ?? Lmao