From Green Card to Blacklist: Soyinka’s Tumultuous U.S. Journey

The Nobel Laureate’s reaction was measured but firm. “If they wish to cancel it, that is their business,” he told journalists at Freedom Park in Lagos. “I will not go there to help them do it.” That statement underscored his indifference to the privileges of access or status, a rare posture in a world where many cling tightly to Western endorsements.