I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
WOLE SOYINKAWhen you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect.
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. . . as far as the regime is concerned, well, the play is sheer terror for them. Because they feel, How dare – how dare anybody lift his or her voice in criticism against us? We have the guns. Their level of paranoia and power-drunkenness is unbelievable.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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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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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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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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When I say war, I’m not talking about mental war; I’m talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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