The
authority of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, today honoured the Nobel
Lauraete, Prof Wole Soyinka, with a museum named after him.
authority of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, today honoured the Nobel
Lauraete, Prof Wole Soyinka, with a museum named after him.
A storey building located in the heart of the university was the official
residence of the playright as a lecturer in University of Ife, now Obafemi
Awolowo University.
The inauguration of the museum was
part of the activities tagged “Ife festival of food and identity” by the
Institute of Cultural Study of the university.
part of the activities tagged “Ife festival of food and identity” by the
Institute of Cultural Study of the university.
The festival attended by traditional
rulers across the Yorubaland and head of some foreign missions, saw Prof.
Soyinka performing symbolic cutting of yam to signal the commencement of the
weeklong festival.
rulers across the Yorubaland and head of some foreign missions, saw Prof.
Soyinka performing symbolic cutting of yam to signal the commencement of the
weeklong festival.
In his address at the occasion, the Ogun state,
Senator Ibikunle Amosun expressed the state gratitude to the university for the
honor done to Prof. Soyinka, whom he described as the proud son of Ogun state.
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