There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda.
Wole SoyinkaLet's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.
Wole SoyinkaI donโt know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.
Wole SoyinkaMy interest in culture generally is a comparative one, and I think that's where the word joy, I think, can be applicable. There's joy in actually seeing the relatedness, the connectedness of different cultures or recognising, for instance, your own culture in another or another culture in your own culture and feeling an air to all of them.
Wole Soyinka