"Be yourselves, don’t try to be like me" : Wole Soyinka Fête ses 77 ans !

On July 14, 2011 · In News

By  Kolade Larewaju

ABEOKUTA -  NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Thursday, in Abeokuta , took a cursory look at his experience and asked Nigerian children and youths to drop the idea of attempting to emulate him in activism.

Prof. Soyinka  who clocked 77 on Wednesday made the statement Thursday when Ogun  state governor Ibikunle Amosun led no fewer than seventy-seven students, drawn from  the 36 states of  the country and diaspora to the icon’s house in Idi-Aba Abeokuta to celebrate with him.

Addressing  the well-wishers in his  living rooms, Prof. Soyinka warned all  the 77 children on the visit to drop the idea of emulating him saying  “ be yourselves”.

According to  the Nobel laureate “  It is sometimes problematic to be Prof. Wole Soyinka. Be yourselves don’t try to be like me “ he said.

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