Quotes by Wole Soyinka

About Wole Soyinka:

Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honored in that category.
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Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure of my favorite deity, Ogun.

Wole Soyinka

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

Wole Soyinka

Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.

Wole Soyinka

Writing in certain environments carries with it an occupational risk.

Wole Soyinka

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.

Wole Soyinka

A war, with its attendant human suffering, must, when that evil is unavoidable, be made to fragment more than buildings: It must shatter the foundations of thought and re-create. Only in this way does every individual share in the cataclysm and under...

Wole Soyinka

Author Bio

  • NameWole Soyinka
  • DescriptionNigerian writer
  • AliasesAkinwande Oluwole Soyinka
  • BornJuly 13, 1934
  • CountryNigeria
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Poet; Writer; Novelist; Philosopher; Essayist
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature