{"id":422346,"date":"2017-09-26T12:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/26\/wole-soyinka-to-teach-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:58:18","slug":"wole-soyinka-to-teach-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/26\/wole-soyinka-to-teach-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Wole Soyinka to teach in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, says being a traveling teacher has become \u201ca way of life\u201d as he takes up a post as visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The 83-year-old Nigerian playwright and author told students and journalists at the South African university on Friday that the benefit of encountering different cultures during his journeys is that \u201cone does not stagnate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1986, has lectured at universities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>He said he and his Johannesburg students might create a play together, as well as discuss the history and international relations along with literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely nothing is outside the scope of my interests in this interaction,\u201d Soyinka said. He drew laughs when he added: \u201cWhat I don\u2019t know, I\u2019ll pretend that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university said it hopes Soyinka\u2019s periodic presence on campus will boost plans to set up a creative writing program.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa is a traditional hub of migrant literature and art, including theater, according to Soyinka. A fierce critic of past Nigerian military rulers, he was jailed in the late 1960s during the country\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very much an itinerant teacher,\u201d Soyinka said. \u201cAnd so moving from one institution to the other has become a way of life, not planned as such, but that\u2019s the way it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: News24<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, says being a traveling teacher has become \u201ca way of life\u201d as he takes up a post as visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg. 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