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Nobel winner’s U.S. visa revoked

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October 30, 2025

Author Wole Soyinka of Nigeria says he had recently compared Trump to Idi Amin.

- By WiLson McMaKIN

Nobel winner’s U.S. visa revoked

SUNDAY ALAMBA Associated Press

WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.

Nobel Prizewinning author Wole Soyinka said his nonresident visa to enter the USS. had been rejected, addingthat he believes it may be because he recently criticized President Trump.

The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African to do so.

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