Soyinka (surname)

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Soyinka is a Yoruba surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Grace Eniola Soyinka (1908–1983), Nigerian shopkeeper, activist, member of the aristocratic Ransome-Kuti family and mother of Wole Soyinka
  • Kayode Soyinka (born 1957), Nigerian journalist, publisher, author
  • Olaokun Soyinka (born 1958), Nigerian physician and son of Wole Soyinka
  • Susan Soyinka (born 1945), social historian, researcher, author and wife of Kayode Soyinka (born 1944), younger brother of Wole Soyinka
  • Wole Soyinka (born 1934), Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist

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