Pictured above is Nigerian Nobel Laureatte,
Wole Soyinka with his sister Tinu right beside him back in 1940... Wole
Soyinka was born the second of six children, in the city of Abẹokuta,
Ogun State.
According to Wikipedia, his father, Samuel Ayodele
Soyinka (whom he called S.A. or "Essay"), was an Anglican minister and
the headmaster of St. Peters School in Abẹokuta. His mother, Grace
Eniola Soyinka (whom he dubbed the "Wild Christian"), owned a shop in
the nearby market. She was a political activist within the women's
movement in the local community. She was also Anglican.
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