Wole Soyinka at 86

Wole Soyinka is among contemporary Africa’s most celebrated writers. McPheron, W., and Saroyan, W., (1998) in their edits of Wole Soyinka’s Page @ Stanford University https://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/soyinka/  wrote

“Soyinka is one of Africa’s most imaginative advocates of native culture and of the good social order, it embodies. He has used words to puncture holes in the muddy and stony conscience of many African leaders; his engagements are too numerous to recount, but in each one, Wole Soyinka leaves no one in doubt about where he stands, what he desires and how he wants us to be.  He has used words to puncture holes in the muddy and stony conscience of many African leaders; his engagements are too numerous to recount, but in each one, Wole Soyinka leaves no one in doubt about where he stands, what he desires and how he wants us to be.”

At 86, he remains constant in his dialogue of love with his land. According to Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, a renowned poet and academic, University of Ibadan “If there is a pantheon of authors who use metaphors as grenades against ignorance, who wield the word as slings against the shameful cowardice of tyrants across the world, Soyinka is the patron saint of the engaging word.” Read the original article on Premium Times.