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"Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped."

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About Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist and the first African laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work spans drama, memoir, and political commentary.

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