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So⋅yin⋅ka

[shaw-ying-kuh]
–noun
Wo⋅le [woh-ley] , born 1934, Nigerian playwright, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1986.
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So·yin·ka   (shô-yĭng'kə)   
Nigerian writer known for his important contributions to the development of Nigerian theater and literature. His plays include A Dance of the Forests (1960) and A Play of Giants (1984). Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature.
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