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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Bobola104(m): 8:06am On Jul 13, 2017
Happy birthday to you Professor



LOVE FROM ROUNDWAP.
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by GeneralOjukwu: 8:06am On Jul 13, 2017
You need to read Ake.


Check his videos on YouTube.


This guy is highly intelligent and well-spoken[

Even me sef; if not for that mumu Biafra.

I dey Abidjan if you want to fight me

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by SmartJobs(m): 8:07am On Jul 13, 2017
MhizzAJ:
Awesome
Happy birthday 2 him
Wole s aging gracefully

Amen! cheesy
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by SplendidE(f): 8:07am On Jul 13, 2017
he was so cute as a young guy hbd to him
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by NwaAmaikpe: 8:07am On Jul 13, 2017
GeneralOjukwu:
You need to read Ake.

Check his videos on YouTube.

This guy is highly intelligent and well-spoken

shocked

I concur...

Just do the same research on Chinua Achebe.
Then you'd understand the word 'genius'.

Soyinka is good, but he doesn't measure up with Chinua Achebe.
Only that he is a writer as well.

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Jlow2: 8:09am On Jul 13, 2017
and you tell me buhari is 73
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:09am On Jul 13, 2017
happy birthday captain blood
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by ybalogs(m): 8:09am On Jul 13, 2017
AN ACHIEVER PER EXCELLENCE.ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR LIFE SIR.
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:10am On Jul 13, 2017
Happy Birthday to a Literary Icon!
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by czaratwork: 8:10am On Jul 13, 2017
dan56:
HBD......... UNLIKE FORMAL REGIME. NOW HE DONT SPEAK AGAIN ABOUT POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Afonja spotted
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:11am On Jul 13, 2017
Is that not MARIJUANA that I am seeing in his hand ? Is that a Secret to Long Life ?

Are you guys pondering what I am pondering ?

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by jonbellion(m): 8:11am On Jul 13, 2017
john4reala:
useless man
you must be a really foolish fukk
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by miltonchux(m): 8:12am On Jul 13, 2017
john4reala:
useless man
Where are from? If have nothing to comment just shut up your sewage tank. A useful man that has transform life, a doyen in literature is useless to you. Guy you need brain examination.

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by TDonald: 8:12am On Jul 13, 2017
rabonni:
Older than our president
But
Younger than Him

We know say our president dey use football age grin

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:13am On Jul 13, 2017
I share same month and date with him

Happy birthday to me and him
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by GeneralOjukwu: 8:13am On Jul 13, 2017
john4reala:
useless man

What did your grandfather and father achieve since they were so USEFUL ? grin

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Praktikals(m): 8:14am On Jul 13, 2017
Coded7:
The man no dey old ohh
We call it s'agbad'ewe
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Stanbeto: 8:16am On Jul 13, 2017
Prof we hail you
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by bakynes(m): 8:16am On Jul 13, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:


shocked

I concur...

Just do the same research on Chinua Achebe.
Then you'd understand the word 'genius'.

Soyinka is good, but he doesn't measure up with Chinua Achebe.
Only that he is a writer as well.
Wetin dey worry you Igbo people sef, must you compare him with Achebe, he has a Nobel Laureate prize your Achebe doesnt have, so tell me who the world recognizes the most?

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by smallworld007: 8:17am On Jul 13, 2017
You Worth To Be My Mentor. Happy Birthday To An Icon ' Wole Soyinka'
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by gotnel: 8:17am On Jul 13, 2017
Haappyy birthday to kongi . more glorious years on earth
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by ipodstinks: 8:18am On Jul 13, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked

I on behalf of the Igbos on Nairaland
And the Indigenous People of Biafra wish the Prof a very happy birthday.

Even though we all know Chinua Achebe deserved that Nobel Prize in Literature and not you.
I still admire you.
Thanks for your literary works,
Thanks for your nonconformism
Thanks for the SeaDogs
Thanks for speaking up against oppression.

Happy birthday and many more years sir!
You all know Achebe deserves Nobel Prize but they did not give him abi. E be like say little blood don enter part of your brain. You can create thread for reason Achebe deserves it and not Soyinka with good fact. Let engage in the debate on the thread.

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:18am On Jul 13, 2017
Billyonaire:
Is that not MARIJUANA that I am seeing in his hand ? Is that a Secret to Long Life ?

Are you guys pondering what I am pondering ?
Is there any research linking the use of marijuana as nasal inhalation to long life?
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:18am On Jul 13, 2017
GeneralOjukwu:


What did your grandfather and father achieve since they were so USEFUL ? grin
he thought me how to mind my own business
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by GeneralOjukwu: 8:19am On Jul 13, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:


shocked

I concur...

Just do the same research on Chinua Achebe.
Then you'd understand the word 'genius'.

Soyinka is good, but he doesn't measure up with Chinua Achebe.
Only that he is a writer as well.

I actually did this research on Achebe, Ojukwu and Soyinka.

This is how I rate them :

1. Soyinka
2. Ojukwu
3. Achebe

in descending order in terms of eloquence and thought process.

Would read more Achebe books to form an opinion about literal ability.

Maybe I don't like poetry but I wasn't impressed by The Lion and the Jewel of Soyinka. Ake however was a great read.

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by dan56: 8:19am On Jul 13, 2017
czaratwork:


Afonja spotted

You think I have your time?

Unlike you I got thousands of work to do. I just felt like commenting today and I know thousands of tribalist kids like you are on nairaland.

What you fail to understand is life on nairaland is not same on real life as you can get help, favour or best friend from any tribe.......your reasoning here on nairaland is always naive and tribalistic. Unfortunatly seun is not paying the mods enough to do something about it.


Goto QUORA.COM and you see the difference in comments.



Finally your a fake prophet as am Igbo. Specifically Anambara state.

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by banmee(m): 8:19am On Jul 13, 2017
ismokeweed:
Captain blood the seadog. Your legacy sheds blood everyday.

Seriously? Guy, Nigerians with their penchant for evil turned what is normal and good and made it diabolical. Fraternities are meant to be something of pride in normal societies but not in Nigeria. Soyinka thought he was dealing with sane human beings when he introduced it not knowing Nigerians would twist it.

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Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by 2016v2017: 8:20am On Jul 13, 2017
rabonni:
Older than our president
But
Younger than Him
this man is not Buhari's senior.
don't mind the dullard liar Buhari.
Buhari is not less than 83yrs
Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:20am On Jul 13, 2017
miltonchux:

Where are from? If have nothing to comment just shut up your sewage tank. A useful man that has transform life, a doyen in literature is useless to you. Guy you need brain examination.
grin

Re: Wole Soyinka Celebrates His 83rd Birthday Today by ene4skillz(m): 8:21am On Jul 13, 2017
Happy birthday Prof. @ 83 STILL STRONG. IT CAN ONLY BE GOD

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