Alake of Egbaland declares July 13th Wole Soyinka Day The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has declared July 13th of every year as the Wole Soyinka Day. This is coming ahead of the 90th birthday of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole 5 days ago by Oluyemi Ogunseyin