Professor wale soyinka biography of barack obama
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Early Life and Education
Professor Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934, in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, to Mr Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, an Anglican minister and the headmaster of St.
Peters School in Abeokuta, and Mrs Grace Eniola Soyinka (née Jenkins-Harrison), whom he dubbed as a “Wild Christian.” She was a trader and a community activist. Soyinka was born the second of seven children of his parents.
Professor wale soyinka biography of barack obama
His siblings were Atinuke “Tinu” Aina Soyinka, Femi Soyinka, Yeside Soyinka, Omofolabo “Folabo” Ajayi-Soyinka, and Kayode Soyinka.
His younger sister, Folashade Soyinka, died on her first birthday.
After graduating from St. Peter’s Primary School in Abeokuta in 1940, Soyinka enrolled at Abeokuta Grammar School, where he received numerous literary composition awards.
He was accepted in 1946 by Government College Ibadan, one of the most prestigious secondary schools in Nigeria at the time. He b