FUNKE OSAE-BROWN AND IFEOMA OKEKE Today Sunday July 13, 2014 the ancient town of Abeokuta is alive to the rhythm of the birthday song for their illustrious son, Wole Soyinka. For Kongi, the entire Egbaland stood still for a week long birthday celebration which culminates into a month celebration taking place in different parts of […]
BY IFEOMA OKEKE Anyone who had at one time or another spoken with or read the books of the great Icon and African writer, Wole Soyinka, will have a remarkable story to tell. To academics and literary scholars, he is a playwright, poet and novelist; to his family, a dedicated family man, but to Nigeria, […]