Many have been wondering how renowned writer and activist, Wole Soyinka looked like while growing up. It’s indeed true that glory of the old is in their grey hair and that’s what depicts the legendary writer.
Wole Soyinka shared a throwback photo of himself taken in 1973 when the ‘men were still boys’.
See photo below…
Wife of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Folake Soyinka had once described how she met him..
On how they met, she said…
“I knew he liked me from when I was in the University of Ife but I was young and he was so accomplished so I was kind of worried. After I left Ife and went to do my NYSC in Kaduna state, Dr Biodunjeyifo came to visit me and said Kongi (Prof Wole Soyinka) had been looking for me. After the service year, Dr Yomi Ogunbiyi who was at the Guardian got me a job there and one day, Wole stopped by. Our courtship was interesting”
On challenges they encountered:
“There were objections from everywhere except from my sisters and brother who were happy if I was. I also had the support of his siblings here. My parents along with most of my relatives objected, not because of anything, they just felt he was too famous and too accomplished. They worried about that. But within a few months after we were married, my parents had changed their mind and they loved him until they passed away. His close friends didn’t have a problem with it but also everyone had an opinion. Then came the Nobel Prize in 1986 and that derailed everything for a couple of years. More than a quarter of a century later, those opinions didn’t count, we are still trudging along. I have enjoyed love because of him”
