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Nobel Literature Laureate - Wole Soyinka

Nobel Literature Laureate - Wole Soyinka

The Interview vor 12 Jahren

Does a state that cannot guarantee the safety of its children have a future?

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Nigeria's century has been described as "100 years of trauma".
This is no more apparent than in the kidnapping of hundreds of
schoolgirls by a militant Islamist group that perceives learning
as an alien imposition by Christians and Europeans.

Wole Soyinka is Nigeria's most prominent writer, the first
African to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. Persecuted
by past governments for his commitment to democracy, what does he
make of how Nigeria has stood up to the pressures of insurgency,
the temptations of oil wealth and the corruption critics say is
endemic. Does a state that cannot even guarantee the safety of
its children have a future?