Emirates News Agency - Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka joins NYU Abu Dhabi faculty
ABU DHABI, 23rd August, 2022 (WAM) -- Wole Soyinka, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has been appointed Arts Professor of Theater at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) effective 1st September, 2022. A multifaceted artist-dramatist, poet, essayist, musician, philosopher, teacher, human rights activist, and global artist and scholar, Soyinka joined the NYUAD Theatre Programme as a full-time faculty member, thereby offering the community direct access to one of the world's greatest thinkers. Soyinka's appointment is aligned with NYUAD's Academic Strategy and its mission....
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