Soyinka, a
scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American
Affairs, had vowed to give up his permanent US residency over Trump’s
promise
to get tough on immigration.
“If in the
unlikely event he does win, the first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all
green-card holders must reapply to come back into the US. Well, I’m not waiting
for that,” he had said.
“The moment
they announce his victory, I will cut my green card myself and start packing
up.”
After Trump
was declared president-elect, the comment started gaining traction, with many,
particularly on social media, asking the scholar to match his words with
action.
But, speaking
at a conference in South Africa, the internationally-acclaimed playwright and
poet said he had thrown away the green card and returned to where he had always
been.
“I have
already done it; I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I
said I would do,” he reportedly said.
“I had a horror
of what is to come with Trump… I threw away the (green) card, and I have
relocated, and I’m back to where I have always been.”
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