The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.

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The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.

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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?

WOLE SOYINKA

There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.

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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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For Prime
I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.

WOLE SOYINKA

I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.

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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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Constantly Media Responsibility
My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.

WOLE SOYINKA

My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.
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I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.

WOLE SOYINKA

I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.
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You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours.

WOLE SOYINKA

You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours.
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Capture Entire Gamut Make Mythology Yoruba
Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.

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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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Illusion Reject Safety Seriously
See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.

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See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.

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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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No man beholds his mother’s womb Yet who denies it’s there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots.
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All Behold Collect Denies Link Navel No Us Womb
I’m not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I’ve never understood.
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Learn Piece Put Writer
History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.

WOLE SOYINKA

History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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Greatest Threat
The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.

WOLE SOYINKA

The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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Give Must Status Together
I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we’d never smelled the fumes of petroleum.

WOLE SOYINKA

I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we’d never smelled the fumes of petroleum.
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