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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

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An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.

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Probably to me the greatest singer, female voice, is Billie Holiday. And one of the most moving for me, I don't know why - maybe it's nostalgia, maybe because my life is one of constant partying, whatever.

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Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.

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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

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My 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.

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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

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You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'

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I have a kind of magnetic attraction to situations of violence.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 13th, 1934

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