Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memo
Soyinka in 2018
Abeokuta Grammar School, where Soyinka had his secondary education
The Royal Court Theatre in 2020. Most of Soyinka's early plays were performed in the theatre.
The Ransome-Kuti family is a Nigerian Yoruba political family noted for its simultaneous contributions to art, religion, education and medicine. It belongs to the Nigerian bourgeoisie, and also has hi
Wole Soyinka
…an Anglican minister and headmaster from the royal family of Isara-Remo and Grace Soyinka (née Jenkins-Harrison), a shopkeeper and activist from the Ransome-Kuti family. His mother Grace's extended family, the Ransome-Kutis, were a powerful Nigerian dynasty that has been described as Nigeria's answer to the Kennedy…