Birth Name:

Wole Soyinka

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Jul 13, 1934

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria

Age:

90

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

20°

Can

21'

About Wole Soyinka

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyíinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩnká]), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category.[a] Soyinka was born into a Yoruba family in Abeokuta. In 1954, he attended Government College in Ibadan, and subsequently University College Ibadan and the University of Leeds in England. After studying in Nigeria and the UK, he worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London. He went on to write plays that were produced in both countries, in theatres and on radio. He took an active role in Nigeria's political history and its campaign for independence from British colonial rule. In 1965, he seized the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service studio and broadcast a demand for the cancellation of the Western Nigeria Regional Elections. In 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, he was arrested by the federal government of General Yakubu Gowon and put in solitary confinement for two years.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Wole Soyinka papers, 1966–1996. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

• Appearances on C-SPAN

• Wole Soyinka on Nobelprize.org

• "Wole Soyinka" Profile, Presidential Lectures, Stanford University

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Wole Soyinka: Sun 20 Cancer, Moon 9 Leo, Mercury 17 Cancer, Venus 17 Gemini, Mars 28 Gemini, Jupiter 14 Libra, Saturn 27 Aquarius, Uranus 1 Taurus, Neptune 10 Virgo, Pluto 24 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Pluto, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Semi Square Uranus, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Saturn Sextile Uranus, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

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