Because he could not bear to let honour fly out of doors, h… - Wole Soyinka

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Because he could not bear to let honour fly out of doors, he stopped it with his life. The son has proved the father Elesin, and there is nothing left in your mouth to gnash but infant gums.

Wole Soyinka

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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 • Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka

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