Bush-girl you are, bush girl you'll always be; / Uncivilized and primitive—bush-girl! - Wole Soyinka

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Bush-girl you are, bush girl you'll always be; / Uncivilized and primitive—bush-girl!

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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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