Thursday, December 1, 2016

Wole Soyinka Says He Has Discarded His Green Card



Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka who promised to rip 
apart his US Green Card if Donald Trump wins the election says
 he has done what he said he will do.

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“I have already done it, I have disengaged from the United States. 
I have done what I said I would do,” Soyinka told AFP on the sidelines 
of an education conference at the University of Johannesburg.
 “I had a horror of what is to come with Trump…
 I threw away the (green) card, and I have relocated, 
and I’m back to where I have always been.”
However, Soyinka said he would not discourage others
 from applying for a green card. “It’s useful in many 
ways. I wouldn’t for one single moment discourage 
any Nigerians or anybody from acquiring a green card…
 but I have had enough of it,

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