Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka smiles during a press conference on October 28 as he responds to questions about the revocation of his US visa, in Lagos, Nigeria. Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters Dakar, Senegal AP —

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized US President Donald Trump.

The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African to do so.

Speaking to the press on Tuesday, Soyinka said he believed it had little to do with him and was instead a product of the United States’ immigration policies. He said he was told to reapply if he wished to enter again.

“It’s not about me, I’m not really inte

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