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Character Name

Wole

Meaning — See entry 72. Provided here as an alternate entry point for the name within the African naming section.·Yoruba origin·Male·WOH-lay

Wole See entry 72 (Wole) — the arrival of the divine, the Nobel laureate's legacy of artistic truth-telling and political courage.

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WoleOluwole

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Wole SoyinkaWole AdeyemiWole AdesanyaWole FasholaWole Okonkwo

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