The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
WOLE SOYINKABut theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That’s why I call it the most social of the various art forms.
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Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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Well, some people say I’m pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?
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I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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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.
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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.
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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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