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Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of Cuba, has conferred a national medal of honour on Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Haydee Santamaria Medal was bestowed on Soyinka at the Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba, on August 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued by the Cuban presidency, Diaz-Canel said Soyinka\u2019s visit to the country is \u201cvery significant, it is the visit of a brother who has always fought for just causes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president said awarding Soyinka the medal is an expression of many feelings for Cuba, adding that the Haydee always harped on the importance of culture to revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith you, we share ideas, dreams, commitment to human improvement,\u201d Diaz-Canel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jorge Fornet, director of the Centre for Literary Research of Casa de las Americas, said awarding Soyinka the Haydee Santamar\u00eda Medal, which has been previously received by many of the most outstanding figures of Latin American, Caribbean and other world intellectuals, \u201cis an act of justice that honours us\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event also celebrated Soyinka\u2019s 90th birthday and the 60th anniversary of his first visit to Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his remarks, Soyinka emphasised the importance of strengthening ties between Africa and Cuba, adding that the South American country is also his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur ties with Cuba are not limited to art and literature, but also to liberation,\u201d Soyinka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI grew up listening to Cuban music, in those days when there were gramophones, when there was no electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has been a wonderful way to bring me back and remind me that Cuba is also my home. And it is proof that Yoruba is everywhere here, and that completes the spiritual aspect of people like me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The medal is awarded to Cuban and foreign groups and citizens who have contributed to making the objectives of the Casa de las Am\u00e9ricas a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba also presented Soyinka with the Dulce Mar\u00eda Loynaz International Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omar Vali\u00f1o, a theatre critic and theorist, described Soyinka as a \u201cconsistent man\u201d, saying his intellectual work draws on the ancestral wisdom of Yoruba culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of Cuba, has conferred a national medal of honour on Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate. The Haydee Santamaria Medal was bestowed on Soyinka at the Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba, on August 23. In a statement issued by the Cuban presidency, Diaz-Canel said Soyinka\u2019s visit to the country is \u201cvery significant, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":111450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[432],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nCuba honours Wole Soyinka with national medal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of Cuba, has conferred a national medal of honour on Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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