Wole Soyinka Quotes - Sharp, Serious, Exemplary, Interesting Thoughts of Nobel Prize Winning Nigerian English Playwright, Novelist, Poet, Essayist, Human Rights Activist

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Wole Soyinka, a world-renowned English-language Nigerian human rights activist, playwright, novelist, poet and essayist, was born on 13 July 1934 in Abeokuta, Southern Region, British Nigeria as Wole Soyinka. Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 for his broad cultural perspective and poetic overtones that framed the drama of existence. He was the first sub-Saharan African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works have been translated and read by millions around the world.

At the launch of a two-volume collection of his essays in November 2022, Wole Soyinka said regarding religion, Do I really need one (religion)? I never felt I needed it. I am a mythologist… No, I do not worship any gods. But I consider gods to be creatively real and therefore my companions in my journeys in both the real world and the imaginative world.

While presenting him the special award of the Europe Theatre Prize in 2017 in Rome, the capital of Italy, the award giving organization said – A special award is given to the writer, playwright and poet Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1986, who has been able to build a perfect bridge between Europe and Africa with his work. With his art and his commitment Wole Soyinka has contributed to the renewal of African cultural life, has actively participated in the dialogue between Africa and Europe, has touched upon more and more urgent political topics and has brought richness and beauty to literature, theatre and action in English in Europe and in the four corners of the world. Here are some of Wole Soyinka's sharp, serious, interesting, inspiring, exemplary quotes

Most people lack education.

The human dies in all those who remain silent in the face of tyranny.

We live in a materialistic world and materialism attracts humanity very strongly, wherever it may be.

Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.

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

Well, I think the Yoruba gods are truthful. Truthful in the sense that I consider the creation of religion and gods to be an extension of human qualities, if you like, to the nth degree. I distrust gods who are so disconnected from humanity that great crimes can be committed in their name. I prefer gods who can be brought down to earth and judged, if you like.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

A tiger does not announce his tigression, he pounces.

Romance sweetens the soul, with the fragrance given off by the suffering heart.

Some of us - poets are not really poets. We live sometimes - beyond the word.

The human dies in those who remain silent.

Well, some say I am a pessimist because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind up to this moment and what do you find?

Don't take the shadow too seriously. Reality is your only protection. Continue to reject illusions.

The arrogant elimination of the djawats of our world should lead us to follow our own combative principle, namely that peaceful cohabitation on this planet demands that while the adherents of any creed are free to adopt their own existential absolutes, the right of others to do so is also held implicit and sacred. Thus the creed of inquiry, knowledge and exchange of ideas must be upheld as absolute, ancient and eternal as any other.

For fire consumes all except the one who sets it aflame.

Today, the field of fear has become much wider, much less selective.

If you believe in democracy, are you not bound to accept the consequences that come with democratic choice without any discrimination, even if it means the end of the democratic process?

For now let us simply observe that the attack on human dignity is one of the prime targets of the fear attack, the prelude to the domination of the mind and the conquest of power.

The fault of course is not in religion, but in the fanatics of every religion. Fanaticism remains the greatest carrier of the spores of fear, and the rhetoric of religion and the frenzy it so easily generates are becoming the easiest murder tools of contemporary times.

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

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