For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.

My mind immediately shot to South Africa the moment I sat down to think what I was going to write, what I was going to say. There was no other choice.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

When I say war, I'm not talking about mental war; I'm talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.

African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance.

The British inclined more towards the feudal mentality, the feudal structures rather than the more radical progressive elements who would re-shape society and institute pretty egalitarian systems of governance with opportunity for even disadvantaged people and so I found that decolonisation was not just the end of political struggle in Nigeria.

We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.