Health: Wole Soyinka Diagnosed With Cancer

Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka-80 has revealed yesterday, Nov. 25. in a press conference that he has been diagnosed of cancer last December.

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.

Soyinka 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.”

The extent or kind of cancer which Playwtight Soyinka has is unknown. But Soyinka's son, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka, Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, told The Nation his father was treated for “prostate cancer.”