Main content

Wole Soyinka

HARDtalk meets Wole Soyinka, Nigeria's most prominent writer. After "100 years of trauma", does a state that cannot even guarantee the safety of its children have a future?

Nigeria's century has been assessed as "100 years of trauma". No more apparent than in the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls by a militant Islamist group that perceives learning as an alien imposition by Christians and Europeans. Wole Soyinka is Nigeria's most prominent writer, the first African to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. Persecuted by past governments for his commitment to democracy, what does he make of how Nigeria has stood up to the pressures of insurgency, the temptations of oil wealth and the corruption critics say is endemic. Does a state that cannot even guarantee the safety of its children have a future?

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 May 2014 07:30GMT

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Shaun Ley
Interviewed Guest Wole Soyinka

Broadcasts