Wole Soyinka Nigerian Playwright
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Wole Soyinka is a 89 year old Nigerian Playwright born on 13th July, 1934 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. His zodiac sign is Cancer
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| First Name |
Wole
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| Last Name |
Soyinka
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| Birthday |
13th July, 1934
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| Birthplace |
Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
Nigerian
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| Occupation Text |
Author, poet, playwright
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| Occupation |
Playwright
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Drama, Novel, Poetry
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Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyíinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category. Soyinka was born into a Yoruba family in Abeokuta. In 1954, he attended Government College in Ibadan, and subsequently University College Ibadan and the University of Leeds in England. After studying in Nigeria and the UK, he worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London. He went on to write plays that were produced in both countries, in theatres and on radio. He took an active role in Nigeria's political history and its struggle for independence from Great Britain. In 1965, he seized the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service studio and broadcast a demand for the cancellation of the Western Nigeria Regional Elections. In 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, he was arrested by the federal government of General Yakubu Gowon and put in solitary confinement for two years.
