Samstag, 28. September 2024

28.09.2024 - W. Soyinka & Nobel Lecture 1986 / Saro-Wiwa & Nigeria's decline 1995 etc.

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The black race has more than sufficient historic justification to be a little paranoid about the intrusion of alien deities into its destiny... - Economic and political motives, yes. But not religion... - Certainly, the bloody histories of the world's major religions, lead to a sneaking suspicion that religion comes to self-knowledge only through the activity of war... - Such a society does not belong in this modern world - We also have our myths, but we have never employed them as a base for the subjugation of others - "Warning! This Work Is Dangerous For Your Racial Self-Esteem"... (W. Soyinka, Nobel L. 1986)

Following his release in 1969 (after 2 years of imprisonment), Soyinka went into voluntary exile and soon after entered a second period of intense creativity... - This book (The Open Sore of a Continent, 1996) traces Nigeria's decline into increasingly inhumane military governments, a deterioration epitomized by the 1995 execution of fellow playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa as well as by the death sentence pronounced on Soyinka himself in 1997...
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: Akinwándé Oluwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩŋká]), is a Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honoured in that category.
Notable awards‎: ‎Nobel Prize in Literature‎; 1986; ...
Genre‎: ‎Drama; novel; poetry
Nationality‎: ‎Nigerian
Occupation‎: ‎Author; poet; playwright
Kenule Beeson "KenSaro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award for "exemplary courage in striving non-violently for civil, economic and environmental rights" and the Goldman Environmental Prize.
Cause of death‎: ‎Execution by ‎hanging
Born‎: ‎10 October 1941; ‎Bori‎, Nigeria
Ken Wiwa · ‎Noo Saro-Wiwa · ‎Ogoni Nine · ‎Ogoni people
Weakened economic fundamentals led the country's inflation to reach a 24-years high of 31.7% in February 2024, which, in combination with sluggish growth, has pushed millions of Nigerians into poverty.

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