Wole Soyinka, the first African awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1986), has just had his Visa to the US revoked. At the age of 91. Soyinka is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University.
Soyinka is a great novelist, and playwright, poet, activist, teacher and champion of freedom and resistance--who has survived exile and time ( 1967-69) in Nigerian prisons. The Nigerians imprisoned him for calling for a ceasefire during the Civil War. His book, "The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka " describes that time. His continued activism has led to intermittent periods of exile--sometimes as long as six years. He is a fearless man. That the US would silence his voice on our shores, and campuses, is a travesty. And it is clearly only the start.
[Portrait from " The Resistance Series", 99 portraits originally shown at The Rose Art Museum, and, updated with new figures of resistance, traveling to San Sebastián, Spain for an exhibition in January 2026.]
@roseartmuseum@gannit_ankori@speronewestwater@angela_westwater@thejewishmuseum@sfmoma@baltimoremuseumofart@hutchinscenter@henrylouisgates@timphillipsbc@mfaboston@urkoaiartza@monicamcwilliams #resistance #wolesoyinka #african #freespeech #censorship #repression
![Wole Soyinka, the first African awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1986), has just had his Visa to the US revoked. At the age of 91. Soyinka is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University.Soyinka is a great novelist, and playwright, poet, activist, teacher and champion of freedom and resistance--who has survived exile and time ( 1967-69) in Nigerian prisons. The Nigerians imprisoned him for calling for a ceasefire during the Civil War. His book, "The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka " describes that time. His continued activism has led to intermittent periods of exile--sometimes as long as six years. He is a fearless man. That the US would silence his voice on our shores, and campuses, is a travesty. And it is clearly only the start.[Portrait from " The Resistance Series", 99 portraits originally shown at The Rose Art Museum, and, updated with new figures of resistance, traveling to San Sebastián, Spain for an exhibition in January 2026.]@roseartmuseum @gannit_ankori @speronewestwater @angela_westwater @thejewishmuseum @sfmoma @baltimoremuseumofart @hutchinscenter @henrylouisgates @timphillipsbc @mfaboston @urkoaiartza @monicamcwilliams #resistance #wolesoyinka #african #freespeech #censorship #repression](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6720722667733716385861_0_f917f8e33c72534bcc8f2df3a11f8fa2.jpg?o=aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC1sZ2EzLTIuY2RuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS92L3Q1MS44Mjc4Ny0xNS81NzMzNTA3MjdfMTgxNzQxOTk4NTUzNjMzODBfNzEzNTE5OTM3MjEzOTQ5NTE2Nl9uLmpwZz9zdHA9YzAuMTgwLjEwODAuMTA4MGFfZHN0LWpwZ19lMzVfczY0MHg2NDBfc2gyLjA4X3R0NiZfbmNfaHQ9c2NvbnRlbnQtbGdhMy0yLmNkbmluc3RhZ3JhbS5jb20mX25jX2NhdD0xMDAmX25jX29jPVE2Y1oyZ0ZFUjFqRTA0WDY2M2tiZFdzMXUtMk5SdGo1UHNQVV9BanNlUm94aXM2RHotZGJnR0JWX2NDQmQ5TEI0NmtCdjJ5NTg3bThISHdBWmFfOWZaX3FTQkY5Jl9uY19vaGM9RkNBTzNYTF95RjRRN2tOdndFRS1kcVomX25jX2dpZD1MMTJ4aVFTZWJPc3FMdk9ySTJIQ3lRJmVkbT1BUFU4OUZBQkFBQUEmY2NiPTctNSZvaD0wMF9BZjd5UktmaEhQcFBwTkhvOXd0VXdhQzEzM1lnU0M1Z01pT1lTalJtSzJNVVRBJm9lPTZBMTBFMjQ4Jl9uY19zaWQ9YmMwYzJj&h=f762c51f2c64b49f566df8330ae34dc4)
