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Prof Wole Soyinka marks a Milestone as he turns 90 years old today

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Professor Wole Soyinka, a global icon, turns 90 today Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, known as Wole Soyinka, is a renowned Nigerian writer.

He is a gobally celebrated playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, actor, singer, composer, and documentarian. Born in Abeokuta, Ogun state, into a Yoruba family, he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category.

President Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts in a birthday tribute.

Wishing you a long life in good health and strength, Professor.

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