BREAKING: Wole Soyinka's Daughter, Iyetade Soyinka Dies At 48

Iyetade Soyinka, a daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. Ms. Soyinka, who was born June 6, 1965, died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital where she was being treated for an undisclosed ailment.

The death was disclosed in a statement signed by Jahman Anikulapo, an aide to Mr. Soyinka, one of the world’s foremost dramatists and winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature. The statement noted that the late Iyetade Soyinka was a student at the Staff School and Queens School, Ibadan before she studied Medicine at the University of Ibadan.

Mr. Anikulapo’s statement described the deceased as “affable, intelligent and sometimes capricious,” adding that she “struggled with her health in recent years.” Despite her health woes, the late Iyetade Soyinka “greeted every day with a smile and doted on her two children.”

The statement, which was issued on behalf of the deceased’s family, revealed that Ms. Soyinka “took ill quite suddenly and passed away while being treated at UCH, Ibadan.

“Iyetade leaves behind two children, both parents, numerous siblings, nieces and nephews.”

No funeral arrangements were announced in the statement. SaharaReporters was unable to reach Professor Soyinka before press time.

Posted: at 29-12-2013 11:36 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 29-12-2013 11:42 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

eeeeeeya

Posted: at 29-12-2013 11:44 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

Even in death the darkness is ashamed of the SICKNESS that kills. Well I have lived to know that Christ the Lord, Jesus Christ can HEAL but one must live within BELIEVE. You choose to died leaving your children motherless instead of looking towards the healer and grow them according to the Light of God. This is PRIDE for you, when you are PROUD you die in what men give unto you. God doesn't give sickness/diseases men does and it normally comes from the Enemies within the Household. May the step mother those children shall have come with LOVE and FORGIVENESS. Hugs

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Posted: at 30-12-2013 12:17 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Is she not d 1 u posted dat wants to marry Gov amaechi. RIP

Posted: at 30-12-2013 12:45 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

RIP

Posted: at 30-12-2013 02:03 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

may her gentle soul rest in peace ..........amen

Posted: at 30-12-2013 02:11 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie

Huuuuuuuuuummmmm O ma she Oooh...!!!

Posted: at 30-12-2013 04:16 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

May her soul rest in peace.

Posted: at 30-12-2013 05:10 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Meaning what ?

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Posted: at 30-12-2013 06:39 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac