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===My life has always been based on very deep 'cconvictions===Wole Soyinka in Conversation

— Wole Soyinka

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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)

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