During a speaking engagement in Lagos on October 28, Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka confirmed that his non-resident United States visa had been revoked. The 91-year-old author made ...

Nine renowned poets, six Nigerians and three from Kenya, United Arab Emirate (UAE) and United Kingdom celebrated the written words, culture and creativity as they took to the stage to honour the Nobel ...

As professor Wole Soyinka celebrates his 90th birthday, the literary world has become overloaded with series of celebrations to honour him. At home, in the Arab world, America, Asia, Europe and across ...

The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka. Earlier this year, the 91-year-old indicated that the U.S. consulate in Lagos had called him in for an interview ...

Wole Soyinka also said that the US visa revocation may be because of his recent comments on Donald Trump when he called him ...

Wole Soyinka said his description of Donald Trump as "Idi Amin in white face" could have played a role in his visa revocation ...

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Abayomi Awelewa received funding from the American Council of Learned Society (ACLS) for his Africa Humanities Program (AHP) Fellowship. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, known simply as Wole ...

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka says his non-resident visa to enter the United States has been rejected.

Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is being celebrated across Nigeria on his 70th birthday. The first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature told the BBC he has no plans to ...