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Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by adamusuleiman1: 4:24am On Jul 02 |
A group, Initiative for Information, Arts and Culture Development, on Monday, announced plan to gather over 80 schools to mark and celebrate the 90th birthday of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. https://punchng.com/over-80-schools-to-celebrate-wole-soyinka-at-90/ 93 Likes 7 Shares
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Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Sonnobax15(m): 4:37am On Jul 02 |
![]() Tho some group of mofos may hate him for what he stands for...But the simplest and sweetest truth is that he's an established man...And nobody can take that away from him..... 118 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by AdesegunSanni89: 5:02am On Jul 02 |
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead. 108 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Kwaramustgoodag: 5:10am On Jul 02 |
No need to be using racist in our own country. Wole Soyinka was made great, but still part of our problem. So kosi oro lenu baba mo. Tori wipe omo wa ti de ori alefa, kole soro soke mo. Very big shame to we true Yorubas. 18 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by SmartPolician: 5:42am On Jul 02 |
Sonnobax15: No doubt, Wole Sonyinka is an achiever, but he is a constant reminder that education and exposure don't cure tribalism. Listen, we know how this man went to Ojota to protest against Jonathan. He called Patience Jonathan names that someone of his social status shouldn't be seen calling the first lady of his country. When Buhari came in, they had a good relationship. Over time, he started calling Buhari incompetent. Guess what, Buhari didn't destroy the economy half as much as Tinubu did. Despite that, Prof has remained silent. Instead, whenever he speaks, it's always about Peter Obi and the OBIdients - calling young people who want a change of status quo in their beloved country a horrible name. In conclusion, expunging tribalism and seneless attachment to one's own tribe has nothing to do with education and exposure. It's all about rectitude and willpower. 71 Likes 11 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by PressMyButton: 5:46am On Jul 02 |
Living Legend, the entire World celebrate you, the pride of Nigeria. 232 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by lastmessenger: 5:46am On Jul 02 |
80 Yoruba schools? Ok we get it cultism and thuggery are celebrated over there 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Toosure70: 5:52am On Jul 02 |
I will be greater than this man in Jesus name. Amen 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by richie240: 5:56am On Jul 02 |
Nwokem, let 1000 igbo schools celebrate nnamdi kanu, Simon Ekpa and other igbo heroes. Each to his/her own. E never reach fight! ![]() lastmessenger: 32 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Sonnobax15(m): 6:01am On Jul 02 |
UncleAdebisi:. ![]() ![]() Moreover,hope you're aware a brand new keke is now 3m naira? ![]() ![]() Go get a life,Ram ![]() 21 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Sonnobax15(m): 6:20am On Jul 02 |
SmartPolician:. Bro,with all due respect, you're one among the very few persons whom I respect so much here on Nairaland.... And I expect you to quite understand that,in life,there is what we call 'ideology' and everybody has got one or the other that he/she stands for,and no matter how the society may try to break such a person, he/she would rather die than let go off that ideology....... Funny as it may sound but I believe Professor Wole is one of those people who has such an ideology..... Talking about the Jonathan's era,I was in My ND2 back then in poly ... And as a matter of fact,I was among the few youngies back then on campus who vehemently campaigned against his re-election.........Am I not a southerner like him? Yes,of course I'm.......But we thought Buhari was the messiah,just like many people do believe Someone today is gonna be their Messiah...But unfortunately,it all turned out to be a dream that later became a nightmare... I'm sorry if my initial comment didn't go well with you,but that's just my own take....And the earlier a group of people start allowing others to be airing their own views on issues,the better for them....No be their papa buy me phone or data ![]() 231 Likes 13 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by NyamiriSlayer(m): 6:21am On Jul 02 |
Bad news for wailing wailers 173 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by NyamiriSlayer(m): 6:23am On Jul 02 |
Soyinka is a great man, chinua achebe died without achieving what this great man achieved 169 Likes 11 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by NyamiriSlayer(m): 6:24am On Jul 02 |
AdesegunSanni89:Walahi 56 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Sheistoopretty(f): 6:40am On Jul 02 |
Was this not the man who brought cultism to Nigeria? When his Juniors in foreign countries like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Nikola Tesla, Satoshi Nakamoto, Steve Jobs, Bill Gate, Warren Buffett, etc were busy creating things that would be important to humanity, he was busy creating cultism ![]() This is what I mean when I say Nigerian men can never be Innovative, they don't have brains for innovations and technologies! I wonder how he feels seeing youths k!lling themselves from the disaster he established ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by ariesbull: 6:40am On Jul 02 |
Celebrate that one ...which school will do that...well Na SW schools shaaa 1 Like |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Hemanwel(m): 6:40am On Jul 02 |
Happy birthday in advance to Professor Soyinka! Wish you the best! However, it appears the latter days of the prof are more ignoble than his former. He drifted from being the mouth-piece of the downtrodden or freedom fighter to becoming the crusader of our oppressors. How bad! BTW: The day I started seeing actor Wale Ojo and Reno Omokri together was the day the actor lost my respect. Even from afar, I know Reno to be a bitter soul. A divisive individual who is hate-filled. A loquacious entity. An evil-minded personality, etc, how much more an international actor, who is close to him. They say, "show me your friend(s) and I will..." 3 Likes |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by ATEAMS: 6:40am On Jul 02 |
Worthy 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by chopnaira: 6:41am On Jul 02 |
The more hate this man gets from the Obidients, the more he gets celebrated by well meaning Nigerians ![]() 273 Likes 11 Shares
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Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by RevenuesBoost(f): 6:41am On Jul 02 |
Wow |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by tommy589(m): 6:41am On Jul 02 |
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Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by ariesbull: 6:41am On Jul 02 |
In 1986, when African writers decided to boycott the Nobel Prize for the apparent discrimination from the Royal Academy (up until then, no African was considered good enough for the prize), Soyinka showed up as a betrayer of the African collective cause and got the award .....Soyinka might have a Nobel Prize, but that is not surely a comment on his social value as a writer. Even Abdulrazak Gurnah who was awarded the prize in 2021 said he thought it was a joke. Nobody knew him and he knew he did not deserve it. In contrast, Ngugi wa Thiong'O has consistently been ignored by the Royal Academy, even though everyone in the literary field knows he is supposed to have long won it on merit. To put things in perspective, he taught Gurnah way back, and has taught many other greats Ngugi's sin is that he would never bend to the Western ideologies, and he has canvassed on different occasions for African writers and indeed, writers from the Orient, to develop literature in their languages, instead of enriching metropolitan languages. The West hates people like Ngugi, and can never reward them with their treasured literary prizes like the Nobel. To be an African writer deserving of the award, you have to have no hurtful opinion about the West. It is basically politics by the institutions of World Lit. Achebe cut the perfect figure for the prize, and it was not surprising that he got it in 1986. Canonised writers like Achebe who took on Greene and Conrad could not have been rewarded for questioning the jaundiced representation of Africans in Western literature https://twitter.com/onyeka_real/status/1644823054587944961?t=C8B9sK8aOooO7TUj0FTgQw&s=19 4 Likes
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Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by chopnaira: 6:42am On Jul 02 |
NyamiriSlayer:Achiebe being angry and bitter. At a time when he should have normally drawn closer to God and ask for forgiveness of sins. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Tjra: 6:42am On Jul 02 |
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Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Autodidact1: 6:42am On Jul 02 |
At this time when thousands of our youth are being murdered for cultism, this is a very bad time to celebrate the person that created that monster. What are they trying to do? That cultism is bad? Soyinka himself has said it he's not a good role model 1 Like |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by Skoonheid(f): 6:42am On Jul 02 |
I explain to you that i now understand why the army was organized as it is. It was indeed quite necessary. No rational form of organization would serve the purpose. The purpose was to enable men with machine guns to kill unarmed men and women easily and in great quantities when told to do so. There is no place for courage, or manliness, or fitness in it. P/s I can never celebrate a fallen demon 1 Like |
Re: Over 80 Schools To Celebrate Wole Soyinka At 90 by joseph1832(m): 6:43am On Jul 02 |
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