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October 16, 2026

Soyinka @40: Lagos, Rabat Celebrate Four Decades Of African Literary History

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Four Decades After a Historic Nobel Triumph FORTY years after Wole Soyinka made history as the first African Nobel laureate in Literature, literary communities in Nigeria, Morocco and beyond are marking the milestone with celebrations of his work and enduring intellectual legacy. The Nobel Prize announcement on 16 October 1986, represented a landmark in African […]