Wole Soyinka. Credit: Shutterstock
The Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, on Monday, described Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, as “a rare breed of whom any race would be proud of.”
Fasoranti, in his congratulatory message to commemorate the 92nd birthday of Soyinka, further described him as one of the brightly shining stars any race could have.
PUNCH Online reports that Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, on July 13, 1934. He was the first African to win the Nobel Award for Literature in 1986.
He started his working life as a teacher, writer and human rights activist. Soyinka soon built a reputation as a playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, singer, actor, composer, director and public affairs analyst.
