Man is a bird without wings and a tree without roots. - Wole Soyinka

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Man is a bird without wings and a tree without roots.

Wole Soyinka

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Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, essayist and pro-democracy activist. In 1986 he became the first African winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Native Name: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká

Alternative Names: Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka • Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka

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Then I slowly realised that your greatest art is the art of survival. But at least have the humility to let others survive in their own way.

When they get this way there is nothing you can do. It's simply hammering against a brick wall.

The guests we were sent are slaves and lackeys. They have only come to undermine our strength. To preach to us how ignoble we are.

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