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Professor Wole Soyinka is not dead, contrary to a false claim by a fake Twitter account impersonating Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah Lola Shoneyin, a prominent Nigerian literary figure and daughter-in-law to Prof Soyinka described the rumoured death as untrue Shoneyin also stated that Professor Gurnah, the winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, does not have a Twitter account.


Lola Shoneyin, a prominent Nigerian literary figure and daughter-in-law to Professor Wole Soyinka, has debunked the rumoured death of the Nobel laureate.


According to Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), a fake Twitter announced the purported death of the Nigerian literary icon and 1986 Nobel Laureate winner.

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The Twitter account was impersonating Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah, the winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, FIJ discovered. Dismissing the Soyinka’s purported death, Shoneyin said the news was false.

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She simply said: “It’s not true.”
NaijaliveTv.com gatherec that Shoneyin had earlier said Professor Gurmah does not have a Twitter account.

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