On July 13, 1934, Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka was born in the Aké quarters of Abeokuta, the historic capital of present-day Ogun State. He was born into a family that seamlessly bridged intellectual rigor and social conscience. His father, Mr. Samuel Ayodele Soyinka—affectionately known to colleagues and friends as “Essay”—was the esteemed headmaster of St. Peter’s Primary School in Aké. His mother, Mrs. Grace Eniola Soyinka, was an ind…
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