{"id":5466,"date":"2021-07-13T14:33:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=5466"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T09:14:14","slug":"wole-soyinka-drama-nobel-prize-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/13\/wole-soyinka-drama-nobel-prize-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Wole Soyinka- Doyen of Drama Who Dons Many Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wole Soyinka \u201cwho in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence\u201d won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. He was the first Nigerian, the first African to win this distinction. His life is a lesson to journalists and writers across the world. Wole Soyinka has never been afraid to speak his mind and he speaks not with the grating cynicism that we find on social media these days- all his speech is tempered with reason. You can watch him speak here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While he has written extensively combining European and Yoruba<\/a> tradition- plays, poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and screenplays, he is also an activist and has spent a large part of his life fighting corruption, racism and injustice. While he has won various prizes for his writing and has taught at many prestigious universities, he has also been incarcerated for his firm stand. His propensity for satire flourished in the arts but was not appreciated across the political spectrum in his home country.<\/p>\n

\"Death\"Myth,\"Chronicles\"Collected\"The<\/p>\n

Soyinka has produced nearly 30 plays and this is what stands out the most in his legacy. He combines traditional pantomimes, ritualistic practices and dance with the idea of independence and regeneration.<\/p>\n

Happy b’day Wole Soyinka!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wole Soyinka \u201cwho in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence\u201d won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. He was the first Nigerian, the first African to win this distinction. His life is a lesson to journalists and writers across the world. Wole Soyinka has never been afraid … Continue reading “Wole Soyinka- Doyen of Drama Who Dons Many Roles”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[220,476,20],"tags":[478,477],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wole-Soyinka-1.jpg?fit=2240%2C1260&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1qa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5578,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/17\/vsnaipaul-nobel-winner-literature\/","url_meta":{"origin":5466,"position":0},"title":"V. S. Naipaul: The Nobel Winner of Many Hues","date":"August 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"V. S. Naipaul was born on this day in 1932. 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