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Soyinka explains why Nigeria must promote local languages, culture

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has harped on the need to promote Nigeria’s local languages and culture to drive national development. Soyinka made the call on Monday during an interactive session ...
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Guess What’s Back? The National Theatre, Bigger & Better

Renovated and renamed after Wole Soyinka, Lagos’ National Theatre reopens as a world-class venue for arts, culture, and performance. I Israel Okunaya Follow On October 1, 2025, President Bola Tinubu ...
The Nation Newspaper

Wole Soyinka Centre reopens as Nigeria’s Creative Powerhouse

Nigeria’s creative scene witnessed a landmark moment on October 1 as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially inaugurated the newly refurbished National Theatre, now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for ...
The New York Times

At 90, Wole Soyinka Revisits His Younger, More Optimistic Self

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by With the Off Broadway debut of his 1958 play “The Swamp Dwellers,” the Nigerian Nobel laureate looks back on the writer he was when he was starting ...
The Nation Newspaper

Soyinka: why I accepted renaming of National Arts Theatre after me

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka yesterday explained why he accepted the renaming of the National Theatre, Lagos after him. He said he never believed that the monument could ever be revamped. He ...
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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka announces U.S. visa revocation

According to a letter he read to the press — reportedly from the U.S. State Department — the revocation was executed under ...