Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us.

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's different from prescribing a way in which a writer should write.