Playwright And Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Diagnosed With Cancer

At a press conference today, renowned
playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof.
Wole Soyinka, has announced that he
was diagnosed of cancer last December.
Wole Soyinka
Speaking at the June 12 Cultural Center in Ogun
State, "Kongi" encouraged awareness and
preventative measures in stopping the spread of the
disease. He attributes early detection and proper
nutrition to his stable health so far.
The 80-year-old said that initially he felt the
cancer was “an unwanted squatter in his body." He
later resolved that he "had to get rid of it whether it
is a slow growing one or malignant.”
While not hinting at the kind or extent of cancer he
has, Soyinka's son, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka,
Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, told The
Nation his father was treated for “prostate cancer.”