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Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in the Niger Delta, the Effect of Iraq ...

by Democracy Now (repost)
Legendary Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka, the first African to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, joins us to discuss oil in the Niger Delta, the effect of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq on Africa and why he titled his new memoir "You Must Set Forth at Dawn."
Part II of our conversation with legendary Nigerian writer and political activist, Wole Soyinka - the first African ever to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

For decades, he has been an outspoken critic of many Nigerian administrations, and of political tyrannies worldwide.

He is the author of many novels and plays. His latest work is a memoir titled: "You Must Set Forth at Dawn."

* Wole Soyinka, legendary Nigerian playwright. In 1986, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first African ever to receive the award.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/19/1312253
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