On the 13th of July, Professor Wole Soyinka will turn 80 and the University of Lagos is hosting a 4-day conference in his honour The University of Lagos (UNILAG) will be hosting a four-day ...

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has reacted to the publication on his abduction in Bucharest, Romania when he visited the country to attend the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS) and ...

Nigeria’s creative scene witnessed a landmark moment on October 1 as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially inaugurated the newly refurbished National Theatre, now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Watch Part 2 of our interview with Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian writer who was the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the Arole Oduduwa, Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, at his Ile Oodua Palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State. He was ...

Writer and Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka and poet and playwright J.P. Clark released a joint statement on Friday weighing in on the death of author Chinua Achebe, whom they refer to as a “brother” ...

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has berated the ban placed on a song by veteran Nigerian singer, Eedris Abdulkareem. Soyinka described the development as a return to culture of censorship and ...

The following is the text of an address titled “Religion Against Humanity,” given by Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka, a member of UNESCO’s International High Panel, at the 2012 Conference on ...

The United States government has revoked the visa of nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The scholar announced this at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos Island, on Tuesday. He said he ...