Olaokun Soyinka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olaokun Soyinka
Occupation	Medical Doctor
Date Of Birth	Nov 11, 1958(1958-11-11)
Age	66
Country	Nigeria
Horoscope	Scorpio

Olaokun Soyinka Biography

Olaokun Soyinka is one of the most popular and richest Medical Doctor who was born on November 11, 1958 in Nigeria.

Olaokun is the first child of Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and his first wife, British multicultural educationist, Barbara Dixon. He has eleven siblings. He attended Government College, Ibadan, before pursuing a career in Medicine. He attended University of London (St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School) and qualified as a doctor in 1982 and also got an MBA from Cranfield School of Management in 1986. He practised as a physician in the UK before founding and publishing the British Journal of Cardiology. He was an active member of the Nigerian prodemocracy movement and General Secretary of NALICON (National Liberation Council of Nigeria). He was also a member of New Nigeria Forum where he collaborated with Dr Kayode Fayemi to publish NigeriaNow, the prodemocracy newsletter. He, along with a small team of activists (Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kayode Fayemi and Wole Soyinka) worked together to establish Radio Free Nigeria which was later renamed Radio Kudirat, a shortwave station, which broadcast daily to Nigeria. He returned to Nigeria in 1998, following the death of military dictator, Sani Abacha.

Olaokun Soyinka Net Worth

Olaokun Soyinka is one of the richest Medical Doctor from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olaokun Soyinka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Olaokun Soyinka (born 11 November 1958) is a Nigerian medical doctor and former Ogun State Commissioner for health.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Olaokun Soyinka Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Medical Doctor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Olaokun Soyinka celebrates birthday on November 11 of every year.

Who is Wole Soyinka first wife?

Soyinka has been married three times and divorced twice. He has children from his three marriages. His first marriage was in 1958 to the late British writer Barbara Dixon , whom he met at the University of Leeds in the 1950s. Barbara was the mother of his first son, Olaokun.

How old is Olaokun Soyinka?

63 years (November 11, 1958)

Is kayode Soyinka related to wole Soyinka?

Kayode Soyinka (born 1957), Nigerian journalist, publisher, author. Olaokun Soyinka (born 1958), Nigerian physician and son of Wole Soyinka.

Does Wole Soyinka have a wife?

Folake Doherty-Soyinka

Who gave Nigeria name?

The name Nigeria was suggested in the late 19th Century by British journalist Flora Shaw , who would later marry the British colonial administrator Lord Frederick Lugard.