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Soji Cole<\/strong> is a Nigerian academic, playwright and author. He is the 2018 winner of The Nigeria Prize for Literature with his book, Embers<\/strong>. Embers was also listed as one of the best Nigerian books for 2018 by Dailytrust Newspaper. Soji is a teacher\/scholar who strives to \u201cdecolonize the structure of learning among students and engage positive reductionism in the processing of information\u201d. He is also a creative writer, as well as a performance creator. His scholarly and creative works have won various local and international awards. Soji\u2019s research areas are on drama therapy, trauma studies and cross-cultural performance research. His utmost belief is that knowledge is an expanse pool, and so, he identifies himself as a perpetual learner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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