US EditionNigeria’s Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka says his US visa was revoked
The US consulate revoked Soyinka's visa citing undisclosed reasons after his outspoken criticism of former President Trump, affecting a 91-year-old Nobel laureate.
- Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize-winning author, announced that the United States revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year on October 23.
- The U.S. Consulate General in Lagos informed Soyinka that he must bring his passport for the physical cancellation of the visa.
- Soyinka highlighted that he had previously renounced his American residency in 2016 in protest of Donald Trump's election.
- The U.S. Embassy mentioned that Nigerians will now receive single-entry three-month permits for non-immigrant travel instead of longer visas.
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Nigeria's 91-year-old Nobel laureate says his visa was revoked after criticizing Trump
Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump. The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African to do so. Speaking to the press on Tuesday, Soyinka said he believed it had little to do with him and was instead a product of the …
Who is Wole Soyinka? Nigerian Nobel laureate says US visa revoked after his ‘white version of Idi Amin’ remark on Trump
Wole Soyinka also said that the US visa revocation may be because of his recent comments on Donald Trump when he called him the ‘white version of Idi Amin’.
Nigeria’s Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says U.S. visa was revoked after Trump criticism
Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump.
The author of 'The Interpreters' has called a press conference to announce that he has "prohibited entry into the United States": "Have I violated any law somewhere?"
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