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Op-Ed: Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Reflects on What Feels Like 'Déjà Vu—In Tragic Vein'
I arrived home from external commitments just over a week ago to an extraordinary homecoming gift. It took the form of a movement—sometimes angry, sometimes entrancing, poignant, sometimes strident, certainly robust in expectations but always moving, visionary and organized. That movement demanded an end to [brutality] from state security agencies, focusing on a notorious unit…
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Nobel Prize-Winning Author Wole Soyinka Leaves US Over Trump Victory
Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author, said that he has fulfilled his vow to leave the United States upon Donald Trump’s victory. “I have already done it; I have disengaged [from the United States]. I have done what I said I would do,” said Soyinka, according to The Independent. “I had a horror of…
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