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Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist who received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to do so. His writing and activism emphasize resistance to tyranny and defense of human rights, reflected in the quote 'The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.'
Quotes: 2
Quotes by Wole Soyinka
Strength Needs No Announcement, Only Action
Wole Soyinka’s line compresses a whole ethic into a single image: a tiger doesn’t narrate its identity; it embodies it. By contrasting “proclaiming” with “pouncing,” he treats competence as something proved in motion, no...
Created on: 2/15/2026
Silence Under Tyranny Erodes the Human Spirit
Wole Soyinka’s line asserts that the death he fears is not merely physical but the slow extinction of conscience. When we face tyranny—whether state violence, institutional cruelty, or communal injustice—silence unthread...
Created on: 8/11/2025