Why I was disappointed in Chinua Achebe – Soyinka
Soyinka revealed this in a chat with Okey Ndibe, aired on Channels Television’s Book Club.
Ndibe during the conversation, recalled how Achebe once said, “The Nobel Prize did not make one the Asiwaju of African Literature.”In response, Soyinka said, “The subject was not even literature when he made that statement. I was disappointed that he created a nexus between my normal sociopolitical life and my normal way of articulating an opinion.
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