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It is a mindless clown who dispenses thanks as a fowl scatters meal not caring where it falls. - Wole Soyinka
" "It is a mindless clown who dispenses thanks as a fowl scatters meal not caring where it falls.
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About Wole Soyinka
Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, essayist and pro-democracy activist. In 1986 he became the first African winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Native Name:
Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká
Alternative Names:
Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka
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Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka
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