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Nobel Prize

Didn't Naguib Mahfouz win a Nobel? Technically, Egypt is Africa, right? maybe say "Subsaharan Africa"? dvyost 17:53, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wole Soyinka was the first African to win it, in 1986. Mahfouz won it in 1988. And Nadine Gordimer won it in the 90's.--62.6.139.10 10:14, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Does anyone know why Soyinka chose to teach at UNLV? Teaching in Las Vegas seems like an odd choice for him, and surely many of the top universities worldwide would love to have him on their faculties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.232.225.156 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 20 May 2006

Well to my own knowledg i beleive that prof. Wole Soyinka is one of the most talented prof. in the world and he is one that like to study and lecture more about literature and english....well i have seen most of his poems and his dramers ,well they are just so wounderful and nice to read and to watch....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.190.249.61 (talk • contribs) 07:18, 15 June 2006

Education

"He then studied at the University College, Ibadan (1952-1954)where he founded the pyrates confraternity (an anti-corruption and justice seeking Student organization) and the University of Leeds (1954-1957) from which he received an First class honours degree in English Literature." I'm pretty sure Soyinka got a 2:1 from Leeds. Can't find a source but I'm a leeds student myself and I remember being surprised and encouraged to see that one of the English department's most famous sons didn't in fact get a first. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.157.239.6 (talk) 21:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can find no evidence that he got a first. Most of the sources and biographies just say he graduated with honours. I have removed it for now until details can be sourced. Span (talk) 22:19, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Prisonettes

Ian Bogost tells a somewaht compelling story about Soyinka's time in prison and writing short poems called Prisonettes, limited by the conditions of his confinement. See his post about it. Does anyone have a reliable source on this? Should we mention it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barraponto (talk • contribs) 04:30, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nobel Prize for Literature

I feel that the addition to the significance of his Nobel Prize is a must-add. Like the author of the cited source says, it is "thoroughly deserved."NestleNW911 (talk) 23:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Diaspora

The introduction mentions "the diaspora". This is vague and most people aren't going to know which "diaspora" is being described. My best guess is the refers to a diaspora of black people out of Africa. This term needs to be qualified to tell the reader what diaspora is being referred to.

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 I feel that the addition to the significance of his Nobel Prize is a must-add. Like the author of the cited source says, it is "thoroughly deserved."[[User:NestleNW911|NestleNW911]] ([[User talk:NestleNW911|talk]]) 23:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
+== The Diaspora ==
+The introduction mentions "the diaspora".  This is vague and most people aren't going to know which "diaspora" is being described.  My best guess is the refers to a diaspora of black people out of Africa.  This term needs to be qualified to tell the reader what diaspora is being referred to.
+[[Special:Contributions/2001:470:E962:1:9172:BC5B:53BC:411C|2001:470:E962:1:9172:BC5B:53BC:411C]] ([[User talk:2001:470:E962:1:9172:BC5B:53BC:411C|talk]]) 23:09, 1 October 2013 (UTC)