FEATURE ARTICLE
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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rofessor Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934 (age 86 years), Abeokuta, Nigeria. Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, known as Wole Soyinka, is a Nigerian playwright, poet, essayist, teacher, humanist, and human rights activist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honored in that category of Literature.
Soyinka was born into a Yoruba family in the rustic village of Abeokuta. Today, we are pouring libations at the doorstep of our literary giant in a sobering way----in a wasteland. We're also craving for more knowledge and wisdom from the bank of his monumental literary talent. Let's cling glasses of wine together to celebrate our own fecund Kongi.
WS: OUR OWN KONGI
A giant in the forest
Kongi, a humid and
In vain their hate cast.
As you fete on your day,
Kongi harvest,
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