Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, says he is “searching his past” after the United States revoked his visa without explanation.
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has expressed shock after the United States revoked his visa, preventing him from travelling to the country.
Soyinka disclosed this on Tuesday during a media parley at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos Island. He said the revocation came as a surprise since he was unaware of any wrongdoing.
“It is necessary for me to hold this conference so that people in the United States who are expecting me for this event or that event do not waste their time,” he said. “I have no visa; I am banned, obviously, from the United States.”
According to him, the US Consulate in Lagos informed him of the revocation in a letter dated October 23, 2025.
Soyinka added that he was still trying to understand the reason, saying, “I’ve started looking back — have I ever misbehaved toward the United States of America?”
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