15 ordspråk av Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka föddes den 13 juli 1934
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[It] takes a jaundiced view of the much-vaunted glorious past of Africa. And I suppose since then I've been doing nothing but the danse macabre in this political jungle of ours.

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

an opportunity for Nigerian civic society, an opportunity for the Nigerian military, and an opportunity for the international community.

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.

Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.

What I looked forward to so much was the day I would hug Abiola, but that never happened. Let us not talk about that now. Let us concentrate on the inspiration that Abiola and his family have been to us.

[Soyinka and some of the others now charged fled Nigeria after Abacha seized power.] Abacha is a psychopath, and a pathological liar, ... He knows he doesn't have one shred of proof connecting me to these bombings.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

Suddenly the world has run amok and left you alone and sane behind

My father used to tell me stories before I fell asleep. When the children would gather, at a certain point, I had a tendency to make up my own elementary variations on stories I had heard, or to invent totally new ones.

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

It's the place to begin, always -- to return to home, literally.

Obasanjo has acted sufficiently against the constitution to warrant his impeachment. There is more than enough evidence to warrant his impeachment.

Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically contrary to the mandate that alone upholds the legitimacy and dignity of his office.

We are moving towards a total mockery of constitutionalism. The president has crossed the line of political toleration.

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