01UndatedPower is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
02UndatedBooks and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
03UndatedArt is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
05UndatedThe Sudanese government has been playing games with the world, with the Africa Union, in particular, have been playing for time in order to conclude its mission of ethnic cleansing in the Sudan.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
06UndatedAnd gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
08UndatedI began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
09UndatedThere is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
10UndatedI'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
12UndatedI found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.Wole Soyinka / quote ↗
