3 Heads of State to Attend Wole Soyinka's Birthday Celebration

To  start with,do you know any 80 year old that looks as good as Wole Soyinka? I don't think i do..the man is a picture of good health.

And at least three heads of state have signified their intentions to be part of the activities marking the fifth edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, which is coinciding with the
80th birthday of the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The fifth edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize is being sponsored by national telecommunications carrier, Globacom.

The three heads of state who have given commitment to be at the presentation of a book in honour of the Nobel Laureate three days after the announcement of the Prize winner are Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President

John Dramani Mahama of Ghana.The book presentation is slated for Accra, Ghana on July 8, 2014, three days after the presentation to the Prize winner on July 5 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Other distinguished individuals expected at the activities include Former President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and renowned Ghanaian author and former Education Minister in the Ghana government, Professor Ama Ata Aidoo.

The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature is a biennial event staged to recognise the best literary work produced by an African. It was established by the Lumina Foundation in 2005 to promote literary excellence in Africa and has since become the African equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

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