Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

Known for

Acting

Born

July 13, 1934 (age 92)

Birthplace

Abeokuta, Nigeria

Biography

Nigerian writer. Awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Best known work

Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
2022
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
Kongi's Harvest
Kongi's Harvest
1970
Shout Gladi Gladi
Shout Gladi Gladi
2015
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait
1963
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
2025
Afrique(s), une autre histoire du XXème siècle
Afrique(s), une autre histoire du XXème siècle
2010
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman
2023
Bigger Than Africa
Bigger Than Africa
2018
Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1
Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1
2010

Filmography

  1. 2025

    BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

  2. 2024

    Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory

    as "Self"

  3. 2023

    Death and the King's Horseman

    Writer

  4. 2022

    Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman

    Writer

  5. 2018

    Bigger Than Africa

    as Self

  6. 2015

    Shout Gladi Gladi

    as Self

  7. 2013

    Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

    as Self

  8. 2010

    Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1

    as self

  9. 2010

    Afrique(s), une autre histoire du XXème siècleTV

    as Self (4 episodes)

  10. 2000

    Van de Schoonheid en de TroostTV

    as himself (2 episodes)

  11. 1995

    Un siècle d'écrivainsTV

  12. 1970

    Kongi's Harvest

    as President Kongi, Writer

  13. 1963

    Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait

    as Narrator, Writer

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