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Wole Soyinka
, b. 1934
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Wole Soyinka) is a Nigerian poet, playwright, and essayist who, in 1986, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award, 2009. His writings cut across the three main genres of literature: drama, prose, and poetry. Soyinka’s writings capture the traditional African scenery, clash of cultures and the interception of African (particularly his Yoruba) mythologies and other myths of the world. In addition, he is a professor of Comparative Literature. Further, in December 2017, he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize, falling among the “Special Prize Category”.
Bio prepared by Divine Che Neba, University of Yaounde 1, nebankiwang@yahoo.com and Chester Mbangchia, University of Yaounde 1, mbangchia25@gmail.com
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