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If the young sapling bends, the old twig if it resists the wind, can only break. - Wole Soyinka
" "If the young sapling bends, the old twig if it resists the wind, can only break.
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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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