"I would say that although the monarchy has sometimes been challenged, it is nevertheless firmly rooted in the social …"

"I have always been fascinated by Nigeria because it is our neighbour. And you have so much to offer. I even wrote a b…"

"People do not necessarily need a sovereign, but they certainly need someone who embodies a higher idea of the nation."

"The challenge is that sometimes if you are a writer you might get completely enmeshed. People want you to take sides.…"

"Many people have mistakenly believed that military coups can have a progressive aspect to them. This is because, in t…"

"For me, literature is the place for all concerns. It is the act of reading, the act of writing and the act of engagin…"

"It's only when we work together that we can defeat such threats to humanity. So I think that I would really, really l…"

"African tradition of storytelling which gives me a great freedom of interpretation of our myths and legends, greatly …"

"I think African Literature is doing very well. It’s got a lot of exposure on the international fair but what is inter…"

"Of course, it is fiction. It’s a style that I like. It’s not a very nice term but it is called faction. So you come f…"