Nobel Prize winner slated to deliver Westminster address

April 24, 2016 at 4:58 a.m. | Updated January 1, 2021 at 12:00 a.m.

Renowned Nigerian playwright, poet, author, teacher and political activist Wole Soyinka, the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, will be the 2016 commencement speaker at Westminster College in Fulton.

Soyinka will address the graduating class of 2016 on May 7 in Champ Auditorium on campus.

“We are deeply honored that one of contemporary Africa’s greatest writers will serve as our commencement speaker,” said Westminster College President Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande. “Dr. Soyinka is a foremost man of letters and a world renowned scholar, and we are thrilled he will offer his insights and wisdom to our 2016 graduates and our commencement attendees.”