A matter that defies tears
Wọle Ṣoyinka's new novel examines a country caught in the crosshairs of unimaginable events.
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka’s little known musical endeavors
Among other notable achievements, Wole Soyinka made political music. In 1983, he even released an album.
Walking With Wole Soyinka
Professor Soyinka's steps were smart and sure, not betraying his age and decades of struggle against the vilest rulers Nigeria has had.
There are apparently only three people in the world that can cook pasta like Wole Soyinka
Soyinka turned 80 this year. We learn this in an interview a Nigerian newspaper did with his
Wole Soyinka has opinions about social media
"... I do not tweet, blog or whatever goes on in this increasingly promiscuous medium"
African Writers and the Nobel Prize for Literature
Only five African or African-born writers have been awarded the prize since it was first awarded in 1901: Soyinka, Mahfouz, Gordimer, Coetzee and Lessing.
Controversy and the National Arts Theatre in Lagos
The theater, built by the military and finished in time for FESTAC in 1977, has always been a site of public disagreement.
Documentary: Fuelling Poverty in Nigeria
Kicking off with an introduction from Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, the short documentary Fuelling Poverty amounts
The most influential African thinker
If we could ask our readers (and critics, and everyone else) to pick Africa's most insightful intellectual, who would they pick?
Uncle Wole’s Party
Last month Johannesburg filmmaker Akin Omotoso, who directed a documentary about Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka,
Wole Soyinka Loves Bean Pies
Africa's first Nobel literature laureate is accused of Islamophobia. It is not his first time.