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One has to confront history honestly.

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I'm not fond of biographies. I don't like writing about myself.

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You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence.

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An idyllic period of my existence was when I had a den attached to my home... a writing den, and no one had access to that unless they had their own special visa, applied for weeks in advance.

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I don't have the sort of temperament that submits to Christianity or Islam.

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Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.

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No human is completely fearless.

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In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

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I've done a lot of guerrilla theater in my time.

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Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 13th, 1934

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