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Professor Wole Soyinka's parents were from Ogun state.
His father hailed from Isara, an Ijebu community while his mother was an
Egba woman. Even though ours is a patriarchal society, the Nobel
Laureate has always described himself as "Ijegba", a word coined by him from his Ijebu and Egba roots. But the Ijegba
man has lived in Lagos and made it a home like many Nigerians and
foreigners alike. As a young lecturer, he began his teaching career at
the University of Lagos. On account of his involvement in the struggle
for social justice he has read poems and delivered speeches in Lagos to
arouse the Nigerian people to fight tyranny and oppression. He has also
led protests on the streets of Lagos against the dictatorial tendencies
and excesses of the civilian and military wings of the ruling class.
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