When they get this way there is nothing you can do. It's si… - Wole Soyinka

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

Wole Soyinka

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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 • Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka

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How often must I tell you, Sidi, that / A grown-up girl must cover up her... / Her... shoulders? I can see quite... quite / A good portion of—that!

The very least we can live with is an agreement that does not reduce us to slaves of imposition, but makes us partners of consent.

Moreover, I will admit, / It solves the problem of her bride-price too. / A man must live or fall by his true / Principles. That, I had sworn, / Never to pay.

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

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