Moreover, I will admit, / It solves the problem of her bride-price too. / A man must live or fall by his true / Principles. That, I had sworn, / Neve… - Wole Soyinka
" "Moreover, I will admit, / It solves the problem of her bride-price too. / A man must live or fall by his true / Principles. That, I had sworn, / Never to pay.
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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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