Wole Soyinka, the recipient of the Nobel Prize, lost her older sister Tinuola Aina at the age of 90.
Her family revealed her passing on Tuesday in a statement. She was born on November 7, 2023.
According to the notification, Lagos’ funeral ceremonies would begin on Thursday, December 7 with a singing service.
On Friday, December 8, the two days of ceremonies are scheduled to come to an end with a private burial in Lagos.
She was the first of seven children born at Ake Vicarage, Abeokuta, on April 29, 1933, to trader-homemaker Mrs. Grace Eniola Soyinka (neé Harrison), a school teacher, and her husband, Mr. Samuel Ayodele Soyinka.
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