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I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by KUNZEH(m): 3:36pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country if Donald Trump won the presidential election. Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration. “I have already done it, I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old said on the sidelines of an education conference at the University of Johannesburg. “I had a horror of what is to come with Trump… I threw away the (green) card, and I have relocated, and I’m back to where I have always been” — meaning his homeland Nigeria. The prolific playwright, novelist and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and has been a regular teacher at US universities including Harvard, Cornell and Yale. At the same time he said he would not discourage others from applying for a green card. “It’s useful in many ways. I wouldn’t for one single moment discourage any Nigerians or anybody from acquiring a green card… but I have had enough of it,” he said. Soyinka, one of Africa’s most famous writers and rights activists, was jailed in 1967 for 22 months during Nigeria’s civil war. He was reported to have recently completed a term as scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs. http://www.nigerianeye.com/2016/12/i-have-destroyed-my-american-green-card.html?m=1 |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by herzern1(m): 3:37pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
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Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by OZAOEKPE(f): 3:39pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
AFONJA ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by madridguy(m): 3:42pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
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Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by comos: 3:50pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
according to soyinka “I had a horror of what is to come with Trump… [b]I threw away the (green) card, [/b]and I have relocated, and I’m back to where I have always been” — meaning his homeland Nigeria. Threw away is different from destroy, Soyinka better consult obasanjo to teach him how to destroy official card 2 Likes |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by seunny4lif(m): 3:51pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
I know you are lying but 2 Likes
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Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by seunny4lif(m): 3:53pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
OZAOEKPE:
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Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by tundafayaBuhari: 3:55pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
Afonjas can lie? You boasted in the public that you will tear your will green card and you tore it privately? I'm not even sure you have green card |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by fran6co(m): 4:01pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
pinshure of u throwing it away or I dontBelivit.
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. . . afonjas and lie be like. ........ .who get that Jacob Zuma pinshure |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by Nobody: 4:01pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
@ 82, i too would have had enough of it. All i will need to ensure is that my children and grandchildren have it. 1 Like |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by bankyblue(m): 4:06pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
LIBBISH |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by popesam1(m): 4:07pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
liar liar liar what do you say |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by Mynd44: 4:07pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
Re: I Have Destroyed My American 'green Card’ – Wole Soyinka by PaulIdu: 4:08pm On Dec 01, 2016 |
His fuckïng business..who cares ..Another African megalomaniac suffering from delusion of grandeur... |
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