Wole Soyinka Reveals His Biggest Secret

For decades, Prof. Wole Soyinka has kept a secret to
himself, his grade when he left University College,
Ibadan.

But yesterday, the Nobel Laureate disclosed that contrary to
insinuations, he graduated with a Second Class Upper and
not Third Class as widely believed.
Soyinka broke his silence when he hosted secondary school
students from across the country who were in Abeokuta,
Ogun State to take part in this year's "Open Doors Series"
project, an international cultural exchange programme to
mark his 79th birthday.

According to Soyinka, he had kept silent on the matter over
the years, but decided to open up for the sake of the children
as mark of respect for them. The event, tagged: "Memoirs of
our future," was organized by a Lagos-based multimedia
company, Zmirage and the state government.