Prof. Wole Soyinka Celebrates 79th Birthday Today

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole
Soyinka is a year older today.
He was born Akinwande Oluwole
Soyinka on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta,
Ogun State Nigeria.
The Isara Remo indigene is the 2nd of
6 children born to his family.
His father Samuel Ayodele Soyinka
was a minister at Anglican church
while his mother Grace Eniola Soyinka
was a trader.
Soyinka is a cousin to late Afro legend,
Fela Anikulapo Kuti since his mother
was a descendant of the Ransom-Kuti
family in Abeokuta.
To make his birthday a grand affair, a
number of activities have been lined
up, and the most significant of it all is
the Open Door Series Project WS79
organized by Zmirage Multimedia
Limited.
According to Alhaji Teju Wasee
Kareem, CEO, Zmirage and Executive
Producer of the annual WS project,
the Open Door Series Project is a
veritable platform for international
cultural exchange, which has been
earmarked to celebrate the creative
ideals and virtues of the iconic
Soyinka.
This year's programme tagged
"Memoirs For Our Future" shall
feature a drama presentation entitled,
Trials of Brother Jero, one of the
popular plays of Prof. Soyinka, musical
and cultural shows, international
essay competition as well as advocacy
lectures.
Wishing him many happy returns.