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Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde "Wole" Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and... poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence", the first sub-Saharan African to win the Prize in literature.
Death and the King's Horseman is a play by Wole Soyinka based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria during the colonial era: the horseman of a Yoruba King was prevented from committing ritual suicide by the colonial authorities. In addition to the intervention of the colonial authorities, Soyinka calls the horseman's own conviction toward suicide into question, posing a problem that throws off the community's balance.
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was once a college of the University of London. The college was established in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 1962 and it is the oldest degree-awarding institution in Nigeria. Through its graduate network, the University of Ibadan has contributed to the political, industrial, economic and cultural development of Nigeria.
Tanure Ojaide is a Nigerian poet and academic. As a writer, he is noted for his unique stylistic vision and for his intense criticism of imperialism, religion, and other issues. He is regarded as a socio-political and an ecocentric poet. He won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa with his collection Songs of Myself: A Quartet (2017).
Ake is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.
Dele also Délé is a Nigerian given name and surname of Yoruba origin meaning "arrive home" It is also a diminutive of names such as Ayọ̀délé, Akindélé, Oladélé, Olúdélé, Adédélé(crown/royalty arrives home), etc.
Alabi is a Yoruba name of West Africa.
Aké: The Years of Childhood is a 1981 memoir by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka.
Ber Anena born and previously published as Harriet Anena is a Ugandan writer and performer, whose writing includes poetry, nonfiction and fiction. She is the author of a collection of poems, A Nation In Labour, published in 2015, won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. The Economist described her poetry performance as "an arresting evocation of love and war".
Olaokun Soyinka is a Nigerian medical doctor and a former Ogun State commissioner for Health.
The National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, is a confraternity organization in Nigeria that is nominally University-based. The group was founded by Professor Wole Soyinka and six students in 1952 to support human rights and social justice in Nigeria.
Awosika is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ọláyínká is a given name and surname of Yoruba origin, meaning "a combination of prestige, success and wealth surrounds me". The diminutive form of Ọlayinka is "Ọla" which means Wealth, success, nobility, majesty, dignity.
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Adéwọlé is a surname or first name of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty has entered the (family) house". Notable people with the name include:
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is a 2021 novel written by Nigerian playwright and novelist Wole Soyinka. It was released on 28 September 2021 by Bookcraft Africa.
Olanipekun is a Yoruba surname common in Nigeria, meaning "Wealth has no limitation". Olanipekun is a peculiar and traditional rich name of Yoruba origin. It is a surname, but can as well be used as a given name, specifically in Yoruba societies. The name holds significant cultural importance as it is associated with the richness the Yoruba culture embodies such as wealth, strength, wisdom, and lineage.
Shoyinka is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka is a 1972 non-fiction book by Wole Soyinka that explores Soyinka's experiences in prison during the Nigerian Civil War. In 1984, a Nigerian court banned the book. In 2011, The Guardian included The Man Died on their list so of the 100 greatest non-fiction books.
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