FLASHBACK: In 2016, Soyinka destroyed his US green card after Trump’s victory
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 29/10/2025
In 2016, Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, confirmed that he has rendered his US green card “inoperable” following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election. On November 2, 2016, speaking at Oxford University’s Ertegun House, Soyinka said if Trump won, he would initiate a “Wolexit” by destroying his green card and severing his ties as a US resident. “The moment they announce his victory, I will cut my green card myself and start packing up,” the Nobel laureate had said. Soyinka obtained the green card during a political sabbatical at Emory University in the 1990s with (…)
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