Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka known as Wole born in 1934 is a Nigerian writer playwright and poet Recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature he has fought for years for human rights and was imprisoned by his government during the civil war in Nigeria and Biafra for almost two years in the lat
Initially suspicious of, but ultimately surprised by HBO's 'Enlightened'
Entering into the Catholic Church as an adult as many are preparing to do during this Lenten season is a movement of faith that takes time Candidates often wonder if this is the ldquo right rdquo time or the ldquo best rdquo time As they celebrate the scrutiny rites on this Third Sunday of L
I recently took a cross-country bus ride that was anything but comfortable. After those in my row had experienced bloodshed—the bus bounced so vigorously that a man was thrown up in the air, hit his head against the luggage rack and gushed blood just a few feet from me—and a whole lot of
The Rev. Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, a 65-year-old Catholic priest and human rights activist, and the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do of Vietnam have been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. Father Ly has been a prominent human rights defender since the 1970s, campaigning for religious freedom,
"The road will be long and difficult because of resistance, conflicts and tensions."