Soyinka@90: Film about arrest, detention to be screened next month A documentary film based on the building on the University of Ibadan campus, where Prof Wole Soyinka was arrested in 1967 during the Nigeria Civil War is to premiere as part of activities marking the Nobel laureate’s 90th birthday in July. The film entitled Ebrohimie […]


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