Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement.
WOLE SOYINKA- Religion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.
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Religion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.
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Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
WOLE SOYINKABooks and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.
WOLE SOYINKAWriters are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.
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I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
WOLE SOYINKAI 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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Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.
WOLE SOYINKALet’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.
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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
WOLE SOYINKADon’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
WOLE SOYINKAFor me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
WOLE SOYINKAThe writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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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.
WOLE SOYINKAI 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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History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
WOLE SOYINKAHistory 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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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
WOLE SOYINKABe yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
WOLE SOYINKATo achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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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?
WOLE SOYINKAWell, 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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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
WOLE SOYINKALooking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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Everybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of a fraternity. In fact, anybody who goes to College in the United States is a member of a College fraternity. There is absolutely nothing evil or occultic about fraternity.
WOLE SOYINKAEverybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of a fraternity. In fact, anybody who goes to College in the United States is a member of a College fraternity. There is absolutely nothing evil or occultic about fraternity.
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