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Playwright, poet, lawyer and dreamer. Wole runs the blog Laspapi at http://laspapi.blogspot.com/

Contact Wole via email here.

Wole Soyinka: As the Legend Turns 74

AS THE LEGEND TURNS 74
THEATRE@TERRA presents:
ANOTHER SEASON OF SOYINKA
LIVE PLAYS AND SKETCHES EVERY SUNDAY THROUGH THE MONTHS OF JUNE & JULY
JUNE
BABUZU LION HEART
CHILDE INTERNATIONALE
OBSTACLE RACE
POLLING BOOTH
HOME TO ROOST
PRESS CONFERENCE
UNLIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
POPULATION CONTROL
INTERVIEW PANEL
PRIORITY PROJECT
RICEEE
HOMAGE TO YELLOW THRONES
SYMBOLIC PEACE, SYMBOLIC GIFTS
and many others
JULY
SUNDAY JULY 6- THE STRONG BREED
SUNDAY JULY 13-THE SWAMP DWELLERS
SUNDAY JULY 20-MADMEN & [...]

Big Brother, Big Blunder

The entire continent watched as the remaining inhabitants of the Big Brother House, the Angolan, Tatiana; her lover, Richard Bezuidenhout; and the Nigerian female, Ofunneka Molokwu, drank themselves to a near-stupor with alcohol freely supplied by the producers of the programme. The rationale behind this, in retrospect must have been the loss of inhibitions by [...]

The Girl Whisperer: A Cinderella Story

I often spend time talking to Funmilola Iyanda [http://fiyanda.blogspot.com/], my friend for many years and someone I think very highly of. If you can take your eyes off the striking good looks of this Queen of the Screen, you would be amazed at the ease with which she drops nuggets that can act as guides [...]

Beware of Dog

The Girl Whisperer as published by the (Nigeria) Sunday Guardian. July 22, 2007
Beware of Dog
Every time we approach the main gates of a strange house and we see that sign warning us of the presence of a carnivorous and probably savage animal, we reduce our pace, peer very carefully over the gates and shout out [...]

A Season of Soyinka

Wole Oguntokun, playwright and one of the authors on AfricanLoft presents “A Season of Soyinka” - a series of plays marking the 73th birthday of the Nobel Laurette Wole Soyinka.

Photo: Casts doing some pre-performance runs before stepping unto the stage.
Catch the action of the month-long event on Laspapi blog: Season of [...]