He will be delivering from 14-16 November the Richard D. Cohen Lectures at Harvard University Centre for African Studies.
In a statement in 2016, he detailed why he chose to drop the Green Card:
"I was in New York during the run-up to elections. I watched this face, its body language, listened to his uncouth, racist language, his imbecillic harangues, the insults to other peoples, other races, especially the Hispanics, Africans and Afro-Americans, even citing once – I was told – Nigeria as an instance of the burdensome occupation of global space. I watched and listened, disbelievingly, since this was America, supposedly now freed to a large extent – as we like to believe and have a right to expect – from its lamentable history of racism.”
Donald Trump’s election marked an end to his US sojourn. In what has become known among Nigerians as “Wolexit”, he cut up his Green Card. To have some redneck ride into power on the steed of racism was for me too much,” he told the Financial Times.
I’ll go in as an alien, an alien from outer space. I love that designation,” Soyinka said in an interview with Financial Times of London published on Friday.
In a statement in 2016, he detailed why he chose to drop the Green Card:
"I was in New York during the run-up to elections. I watched this face, its body language, listened to his uncouth, racist language, his imbecillic harangues, the insults to other peoples, other races, especially the Hispanics, Africans and Afro-Americans, even citing once – I was told – Nigeria as an instance of the burdensome occupation of global space. I watched and listened, disbelievingly, since this was America, supposedly now freed to a large extent – as we like to believe and have a right to expect – from its lamentable history of racism.”
Donald Trump’s election marked an end to his US sojourn. In what has become known among Nigerians as “Wolexit”, he cut up his Green Card. To have some redneck ride into power on the steed of racism was for me too much,” he told the Financial Times.
I’ll go in as an alien, an alien from outer space. I love that designation,” Soyinka said in an interview with Financial Times of London published on Friday.
Someone cannot play with you....
ReplyDeleteHaha haha ha very expensive play😂😂😂
DeleteUnbelievable how Wole Soyinka reduced himself to a confused tout.
DeleteNa your papa be confused tout...awon omo alaileko irankiran atohunrinwa dede ajokuta ma m'omi. Mscheww
DeleteGreen card wey people dey sell their kidney just to get, na I'm you go tear, na wa. If you like enter there like Irumole e no concern me.
ReplyDeleteHe shouldn't have gone at all....
ReplyDeleteHahahaha this man is very funny.
ReplyDeleteShame still gree him set foot in America. African leaders are the cause of current status in the global eye
ReplyDelete😂😂😂😂😂😂 that photo of Trump be cracking me up
ReplyDeleteLol I dnt believe he torn the orginal Green card, Abeg all nah fabu.
ReplyDeleteTearing your green card doesn’t rub you of being a permanent residence. You can easily apply for replacement. You only stop being a residence if the privilege was officially revoked not by cutting your green card. Ppl lost their green card all d time and it doesn’t stop them from getting privileges of a permanent residence.
ReplyDeleteHe was sitting next to me in business class AirFrance Lagos-Paris on October 17th. I never knew oga was heading to US.
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