Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka Keynotes Education Summit

Wole Soyinka is a highly regarded playwright and poet. Later this month, he will be featured as the keynote speaker at the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Education Summit. 

The conference takes place at the University of Johannesburg from November 30th to December 2nd.  It is the third annual event hosted by THE, a global authority on higher education. 

The theme of the event is, "Reimagining the world-class university."  There will be many education leaders from around the world that convene to learn from each other. 

In 1986, Soyinka became the first African to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature.  Throughout his career in the public eye, he has been a strong critic of various governments in Nigeria. 

From 1975-1999, Soyinka served as a Professor of Comparative Literature at Obafemi Awolowo University.  He first taught in the U.S. at Cornell University and Emory University. 

Soyinka has also been a Professor of Creative Writing at UNLV.  He has been a scholar-in-residence at both Loyola Marymount University and New York University's Institute of African American Affairs. 

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Wole Soyinka's 2016 Commencement Address at Westminster College: