There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
Wole SoyinkaAnd gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
Wole SoyinkaMy horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.
Wole SoyinkaWe live in the real world - we live within a certain history of the plague that has landed on us.
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