Power is transient, but the deeds of those who wield it can leave an indelible mark on history. - Wole Soyinka
" "Power is transient, but the deeds of those who wield it can leave an indelible mark on history.
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About Wole Soyinka
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
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Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka
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In one form or the other, the quest for human dignity has proved to be one of the most propulsive elements for wars, civil strife and willing sacrifice. Yet the entitlement to dignity, enshrined among the 'human rights', does not aspire to being the most self-evident, essential need for human survival, such as food, or physical health.
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Trouble me no further. The fooleries of beings whom I have fashioned closer to me weary and distress me. Yet I must persist, knowing that nothing is ever altered. My secret is my eternal burden—to pierce the encrustations of soul-deadening habit, and bare the mirror of original nakedness—knowing full well, it is all futility.
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