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  • Master Of Complex Pleasures

    Master Of Complex Pleasures

    On Wednesday 20 April, 2005, Wole Soyinka was the keynote speaker at a conference on the campus of Columbia University in New…

  • My Brother Is Caring – Wole Soyinka's Sister

    Professor Folabo Soyinka-Ajayi, the younger sister of Professor Wole Soyinka, in this interview with GBENRO ADESINA, says Soyinka’s dream about Nigeria is…

  • A Figure Of Unusual Power

    Odia Ofeimum Professor Wole Soyinka remains what he has always been, a mentor of mentors, a pathfinder who has broken down barriers…

  • Soyinka And Our Publishing Company

    Bankole Olayebi, the Chief Executive Officer, Bookcraft, speaks with GBENRO ADESINA about Professor Wole Soyinka and his books As Professor Wole Soyinka’s…

  • Wole Soyinka As Creative, Moral Model

    Okey Ndibe For all the lucky breaks that could come the way of a young, aspirant writer, there’s no fortune greater than…

  • Soyinka Is Highly Principled

    The legend is eighty and still counting. A good number of people have commented that Prof. Wole Soyinka actually looks “finer” and…

  • Clinching The African Big Prize

    The fifth edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa holds amid fanfare in Lagos.

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