Monday, January 24, 2005

Wole Soyinka: Climate of Fear

Soyinka, Wole. "Climate of Fear." Reith Lectures (BBC and The Open University: 2004)

This year's Reith Lectures consider the Climate of Fear. The lecturer, Nigerian writer and activist Wole Soyinka, draws on his time as a political prisoner and compares the behaviours and motivations of the "quasi-states" who use terror to further their aims, and asks if lack of regard for others has lead the world to its present, paranoid state.


Also check out Commentaries/Background on Wole Soyinka

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