Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, 1996 Nobel prize winner for Literature, on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the consequences of the international financial crisis on African literature.
“This crisis is going to cause young Africans to lose interest in reading and books. They are going to move towards telefilms, videos and cinema. And this tendency worries me,” said the Nigerian novelist and playwright in an interview with PANA in Paris.He also deplored the absence of real cultural policies in African countries.
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