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Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

~Wole Soyinka

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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.

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I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.

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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.

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In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film.

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If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film makers - I think we would see quite an explosion of African films on the world scene.

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Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate.

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A war, with its attendant human suffering, must, when that evil is unavoidable, be made to fragment more than buildings: It must shatter the foundations of thought and re-create. Only in this way does every individual share in the cataclysm and understand the purpose of sacrifice.

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The Nation of Islam provides an antidote in the United States to fundamentalist Islam - which is why individuals from America have to go abroad to find radical teachings.

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 13th, 1934

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