Nigerian Nobel prize-winning author
Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US
residency green card and leave the country if Donald Trump won the presidential
election. Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent
US residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican
billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration.
The
82-year-old told AFP on the sidelines of an education conference at the
University of Johannesburg that he had fulfilled his promise that he had
disengaged from the United States
The prolific playwright, novelist and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and has been a regular teacher at US universities including Harvard, Cornell and Yale. At the same time he said he would not discourage others from applying for a green card.
The prolific playwright, novelist and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and has been a regular teacher at US universities including Harvard, Cornell and Yale. At the same time he said he would not discourage others from applying for a green card.
He asserted the fact that the US green card is useful in many ways. He further revealed that he couldn’t for one single moment discourage any Nigerians or anybody from acquiring a green card. Wole Soyinka who is one of Africa’s most famous writers and rights activists, was jailed in 1967 for 22 months during Nigeria’s civil war. He was reported to have recently completed a term as scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs.
Nigerian Nobel
prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his
pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country
if Donald Trump won the presidential election.
Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US
residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican
billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/threw-away-green-card-relocated-says-wole-soyinka/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/threw-away-green-card-relocated-says-wole-soyinka/
Nigerian Nobel
prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his
pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country
if Donald Trump won the presidential election.
Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US
residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican
billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/threw-away-green-card-relocated-says-wole-soyinka/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/threw-away-green-card-relocated-says-wole-soyinka/
Nigerian Nobel
prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his
pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country
if Donald Trump won the presidential election.
Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US
residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican
billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/threw-away-green-card-relocated-says-wole-soyinka/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/threw-away-green-card-relocated-says-wole-soyinka/
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