Wole Soyinka
“Thus Counsels Ìṣẹ̀ṣe” by Wọlé Ṣóyínká
[Lecture delivered on September 1, 2023 at the Freedom Park, Lagos.] ÌSẸ̀ṢE has come, but not gone. We salute all those – human rights activists, community leaders, affronted citizens, advocates of equity, and all – but the state governors most especially – who have taken history to task and boldly formalized a level praying ground […]
The Raft, the Rift and the Reconciliation – J.P. Clark among his Peers
One of the iconic photographs in Nigerian literature shows the poet John Pepper “J.P.” Clark Bekederemo – together with the novelist Chinua Achebe and the playwright Wole Soyinka – going to visit the military dictator Ibrahim Babangida sometime in 1986. Their mission was to plead for the life of Mamman Vatsa, a military General, who […]