
By Wole Soyinka
Try, whoever can, to imagine the following scenario:
A military unit is planning a public event – let us say the commissioning of a new standard, the award of long service medals, feats of bravery in action, or maybe simply commemoration of a military campaign. A war historian, a journalist, a human rights activist or maybe even a writer is invited to deliver an inspirational speech for the occasion. click and read more
Wole Soyinka won the Noble Prize in Literature in 1986