Globacom hosted Wole Soyinka to an evening discussion yesterday, August 28, 2015, at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Below are 9 punchlines from the Nobel Laureate’s speech at the event, tagged ‘A Night with Wole Soyinka and Nigeria’s Young Literary Stars’.
1. I am a Genderist
2. I deplore the attempt by society to dictate to a person what he or she should be
3. Whether you are a feminist, homosexual or whatever is not my business, what interests me is your humanity
4. I do not have ambassadorial temperament
5. I do not write to represent Nigeria, it is kind of arrogant. Please elect your representatives, and let me do my writing
6. Obasanjo is a liar I have no respect for him
7. He {Obasanjo} was once described by an economist, the late Prof Ojetunji Aboyade, as an economic illiterate
8. If an economic illiterate calls somebody a political illiterate, no problem at all.
9. He {Obasanjo} is a liar and I do not respect him… wait for my book THE REPUBLIC OF LIARS
