Wole Soyinka
Nigerian · 1934–
Nobel laureate playwright, poet, and memoirist whose work draws on Yoruba mythology and ritual to confront the collisions between tradition and modernity, the exercise of power, and the testimony of the political prisoner.
Wikipedia ↗“A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude. He pounces. In the same way, I think a writer simply writes.”
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“The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.”
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“I have one abiding religion — human liberty. Justice is a God that must be served regardless of the sacrifice.”
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“The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. The hand that does not reach into the bottom of the pot will eat small snails.”
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“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”
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“Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. The power of the written word terrorizes the oppressor while it liberates the mind of the oppressed.”
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“Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.”
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