“There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people. I'm talking about a writer's critics, who don't address what you've written, but want to probe in...”

Wole Soyinka

“Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect ...”

Wole Soyinka

“I take friendship very seriously.”

Wole Soyinka

“I said: "A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces". In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say: "I am a tiger". When you pass where the tiger has walked before, you see th...”

Wole Soyinka

“The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.”

Wole Soyinka