“There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it's being staged; then the audience, the nat...”
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Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature. Fecund playwright, poet, novelist, and literary critic.
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“There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it's being staged; then the audience, the nat...”
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“Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.”
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“Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.”
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“I am a glutton for tranquility.”
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“I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.”
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“I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.”
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“The writer is the visionary of his people... He anticipates, he warns.”
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