Nigerian poet, playwright, and the first African Nobel laureate in Literature. His verse blends Yoruba mythology with sharp political commentary.
"The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny."
"A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude — it pounces."
"Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth."
A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude — it pounces.
— Wole Soyinka
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish …
"Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the trut..."
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