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| Professor Wole Soyinka |
African Voices Playmakers, a magazine program on CNN International, will feature the esteemed playwright and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, this week.
Sponsored by Globacom, the 30-minute episode will delve into Soyinka's life, exploring the values, ideologies, and passions that have shaped his remarkable career and contributions to literature and human rights.
In a recent press release, Globacom emphasized the significance of Soyinka's insights as he shares his experiences and perspectives on various topics that have defined his journey as a prominent figure in African literature and activism.
This week's edition, the telecommunications giant also explained, commemorates Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka's 90th birthday, having been born on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
“He will also regale viewers with the details of his extraordinary activism, which birthed his literary works. A movie which highlights his political incarceration in Nigeria is billed for release this year,” the press statement further explains.
Having gained international repute through his books in prose, poetry and drama, Soyinka became the first African writer to win the Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1986 for his "wide cultural perspective and... poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".
As a student of the University College, Ibadan, now known as the University of Ibadan, his artistic talents had been noticeable. He later gained admission to the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom for a Master's degree in Comparative Literature.
Added to his Nobel Prize, Soyinka also got the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 1990; Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009; Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement, 2012, and the Europe Theatre Prize, Special Prize, 2017, the statement added.
In his honour at 90, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu renamed the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, in his honour.
The Glo-sponsored African Voices Playmakers will be broadcast at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday on DSTV Channel 401. Repeats will be broadcast the same Saturday at noon; Sunday at 4.30 a.m. and 7.00 p.m.; and on Monday at 4.00 a.m.
Repeats will also be on Saturday next week at 8.30 a.m. and 12 noon and on Sunday at 4.30 a.m.and 7.00 p.m, the statement concluded.
This episode promises to be an enlightening exploration of the mind behind some of Africa's most influential literary works with one of the continent's most celebrated voices.
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