| 词条 | Olaokun Soyinka |
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His father Wole Soyinka was the first Nobel Laureate in Africa. Early life and careerOlaokun is the first child of Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and his first wife, British multicultural educationist, Barbara Dixon.[3][4][5] He has eleven siblings. He attended Government College, Ibadan, before pursuing a career in Medicine.[5] 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Since his return to Nigeria, he has pursued a career in Public Health. After a period of consultancy for the UN and CIDA, he spent three years at the WHO country office as the Health Promotion Officer. He was subsequently appointed as Commissioner for Health, Ogun State. While serving as Commissioner, he spearheaded the implementation of the Ogun State Community-based Health Insurance Scheme called Araya. Personal lifeHe is married to poet and novelist Lola Shoneyin and between them they have seven children. He plays Golf, guitar and has a black belt in Karate. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.channelstv.com/tag/dr-olaokun-soyinka/|title=Efforts In Containing Ebola Have Been Fantastic- Soyinka|accessdate=6 April 2015|website=Channels Television|date=23 August 2014}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soyinka, Olaokun}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ogun-targets-200-000-enrolees-for-insurance-health-scheme/202669/|title=Ogun Targets 200,000 Enrolees for Insurance Health Scheme|date=25 February 2015|publisher=This Daylive}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://nigeria.gounna.com/show/show/41714/1|title=My father still owes me a pet dog –Olaokun Soyinka|website=Gounna|accessdate=6 April 2015}} 4. ^{{cite journal|url=http://www.african-writing.com/seven/uzoruzoatu.htm|title=The Essential Soyinka|website=African Writing Online|author=Uzor Maxim Uzoatu|number=7|issn=1754-6672|accessdate=6 April 2015}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=7892&z=17|title=My burden as Soyinka’s son– Olaokun|website=Online Nigeria|accessdate=6 April 2015}} 12 : Living people|1957 births|Yoruba physicians|Nigerian public health doctors|Nigerian people of British descent|Nigerian politicians|Yoruba politicians|Ransome-Kuti family|Government College, Ibadan alumni|Alumni of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School|20th-century Nigerian medical doctors|21st-century Nigerian medical doctors |
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