"The soul of Africa has departed, and there is nothing miraculous left in the world"- Wole Soyinka

According to Sahara report, the death of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, seems to have left Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, world acclaimed wordsmith, short of words.


He appears to be so shell-shocked and devastated.

In a rare and short tribute to former South African president and anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka had this to say”

"The soul of Africa has departed, and there is nothing miraculous left in the world."

Mr. Mandela passed away Thursday night at 95, throwing the entire world into unprecedented mourning.

Meanwhile, tributes have continued to pour following the death of the man who is credited for reconciling White and Black South African after the brutal apartheid era that saw the black majority suffering hideous human rights abuses under successive white minority regimes.

Mandela was born in 1918. He was sentenced to life in imprisonment by the apartheid government for his armed struggle against a government infamous for killing unarmed protesters. He spent 27 years in prison before was released and elected first black South African president in 1993.