At Wole Soyinka's 80th Birthday "Abeokuta City)..PHOTO

Members of Pyrates Confraternity wearing wigs and fakebeards march in honour of Nigerian foundation memberand Nobel Prize for Literature winner Wole Soyinka. A

lecture took place to celebrate Soyinka's 80th birthday last
Friday. The lecture was organised by the National
Association of Seadogs, also known as the Pyrates
Confraternity, founded in 1952 by the writer and six other
members of the University College of Ibadan. Presently, the
Pyrates Confraternity philosophy includes fighting "against
convention", "against tribalism", "for humanistic ideals"
and "for comradeship and chivalry".
Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
Source:Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Africa Desk