Soyinka

American  

[shaw-ying-kuh] / ʃɔˈjɪŋ 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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The line-up of speakers at the three-day event included the leaders of Barbados, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Namibia and Liberia, alongside Nigerian Nobel literature prize winner and global rights activist Wole Soyinka.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

"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

Similar to the setting of his novel, Soyinka said he feels the current system in Nigeria is not a “working, productive” one.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021