Atiku in a birthday message posted on his X platform account on Saturday said, “To truly celebrate Prof Wole Soyinka, You Must Set Forth at Dawn. And that would be after a Telephone Conversation.
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has hailed nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, on his 90th birthday celebration.
Referencing some of Soyinka’s notable literary works, Atiku in a birthday message posted on his X platform account on Saturday said, “To truly celebrate Prof Wole Soyinka, You Must Set Forth at Dawn. And that would be after a Telephone Conversation.
“The man of Ake, despite all the Trials of Brother Jero, and at a prime age of 90, remains a virile hunter in our Forest of a Thousand Daemons.
“Neither Death nor the King’s Horseman has stopped The Interpreter from his bountiful Kongi’s Harvest and the Chronicles of his happy life on Earth.
“Yet, The Man Lives, even in this Season of Anomy. Happy birthday and congratulations, Sir.”
Soyinka’s 90th has become a celebration reverberating across Nigeria and the international community with several line-up of events which stretch from July 11 to November 23 including review and exhibition of his works in and outside Nigeria.