Soyinka

American  

[shaw-ying-kuh] / ʃɔˈyɪŋ kə /

noun

1. Wole born 1934, Nigerian playwright, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1986.

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Soyinka British  

/ sɔˈjɪŋkə /

noun

1. Wole (ˈwoːle). born 1934, Nigerian dramatist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. His works include the plays The Strong Breed (1963), The Road (1965), and Kongi's Harvest (1966), the novel The Interpreters (1965), and the political essays The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness (1999); forced into exile by the military regime (1993–98). Nobel prize for literature 1986

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Example Sentences

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said the US revoked his visa and banned him from the country.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

These essays by the acclaimed African novelist and post-colonial theorist include pieces on important contemporaries including Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, but also delves into the links between language and identity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

And writers from other African countries and the diaspora, such as Wole Soyinka and Maya Angelou, have called Accra home, even if only for a short time.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2024

“Sick old men,” Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka said in an interview.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

"I have not seen the clip, but I insist on the right of the artiste to deploy dance in a religious setting as a fundamental given," Soyinka said.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023