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Kole Omotoso Quotes

1943–2023

Bankole Ajibabi "Kole" Omotoso (21 April 1943 – 19 July 2023), also known as Kole Omotoso, was a prominent Nigerian novelist, dramatist, and academic critic. Known for blending factual history with narrative fiction, he explored post-colonial socio-political dynamics and served as a former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors.

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I write because I am concerned. My writing is informed by a passionate concern for society and politics in Nigeria.

What emerged from our history was a product born of conflicting desires... where the collective result was what nobody originally envisioned.

I chose to write on Arabic theatre for my undergraduate long essay... Classical Arabic had no theatre tradition, but pre-Islamic poems had an incredible dramatic presentation that could be said to be nothing but drama and theatre.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kole Omotoso (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.