Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Wole Soyinka
Born: July 13, 1934 (age 91)
Bio: Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honored in that category.
Known for:
- The Lion and the Jewel (1963)
- Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
- Kongi's Harvest (1967)
- Madmen and Specialists (1971)
- The Strong Breed