Few African intellectuals have built a reputation for fearless moral intervention quite like Wole Soyinka. For decades, he functioned not merely as a literary icon but as a public conscience, ...

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has responded to criticism directed at him by Obidients, supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, after expressing displeasure ...

As professor Wole Soyinka celebrates his 90th birthday, the literary world has become overloaded with series of celebrations to honour him. At home, in the Arab world, America, Asia, Europe and across ...

A video making the rounds on social media has captured the exciting moment a Nigerian lady met with Professor Wole Soyinka.

NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, re-affirmed, at the BBC’s “Hard Talk” a concept he first affirmed in 1984: that his generation in Nigeria is a wasted one. He added: “I The Citizen Forum 2019, ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up One of my favorite works of Professor Wole Soyinka’s is ...

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host and executive producer of the PBS series "Finding Your Roots," takes part in a panel discussion during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on July ...

In 1986 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The same year he was awarded the Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR. Born in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Wole Soyinka is only rivalled in popularity and ...

In a statement signed by its Executive Director/CEO, Motunrayo Alaka, on Thursday, the centre said it was “deeply saddened to receive reports of the passing of Biodun Jeyifo, fondly called BJ, an ...

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host and executive producer of the PBS series "Finding Your Roots," takes part in a panel discussion during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on July ...