103 quotes
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.
Is there now a streak of light at the end of the passage, a light I dare not look upon?
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress truth.
The Man Died (1972)
Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away
The Man Died (1972)
When they get this way there is nothing you can do. It's simply hammering against a brick wall.
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
Doesn't she look like the type that would drive men to madness and self-destruction?
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
For me, justice is the first condition of humanity.
The Man Died (1972)
Then I slowly realised that your greatest art is the art of survival. But at least have the humility to let others survive in their own way.
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
"Why don't you confess it? You are the type who would rather die in your bed."
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Adenebi becomes defensive and says, "Have you no feeling for those who died?"
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
When your businessmen ruin the lesser ones, do you go crying to them?"
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
Lakunle, last seen, having freed himself of Sadiku, clearing a space for the young girl.
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
This market is my roost. When I come among the women I am a chicken with a hundred mothers.
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
I do not hate progress, only its nature
Which makes all roofs and faces look the same.
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
Bush-girl you are, bush girl you'll always be;
Uncivilized and primitive—bush-girl!
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
We lift the King's umbrella higher than men but it never pushes the sun in the face.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)