Wole Soyinka: open letter to African governments at the time of Covid-19

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Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize for literature, Wole Soyinka in 2012. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP

By: Caroline Lachowsky

It is a rare word that we suggest you listen to. That of the Nigerian Nobel Prize winner for literature Wole Soyinka. He has just co-signed with 100 intellectuals from Africa and the diaspora an open letter to African governments at the time of the Covid-19. A letter in which the leaders are called to finally govern with compassion and to see this crisis as an opportunity for a radical change of direction ... Extract from this great interview.

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  • Coronavirus
  • Confinement
  • African Union
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