Wole Soyinka
Know for: Acting
Born: 1934-07-13
Place of birth: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Also know as:
Kongi's Harvest (1970)
An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him the ceremonial yam at...
Shout Gladi Gladi (2015)
Shout Gladi Gladi is a documentary about hope. It tells the story of one woman's quest to cure fistula and save mother's lives in Africa. Shot in...
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me (2013)
Khalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela, and also those who criticised him. Global thinkers,...
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait (1963)
Focusing on the pressures people feel moving from the security and nurture of village life to the isolate chaos of big city life, Joshua: A Nigerian...
Bigger Than Africa (2018)
When the slave ships docked in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures, traditions, and religions landed with the Africans on...
Kongi's Harvest (1970)
An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him the ceremonial yam at...
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022)
Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual...
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait (1963)
Focusing on the pressures people feel moving from the security and nurture of village life to the isolate chaos of big city life, Joshua: A Nigerian...
Death and the King's Horseman (2023)
In British-occupied Nigeria, a Yoruba king, the Alafin, has died, and it is the duty of his horseman, Elesin, to accompany him into the afterlife....