Playwright Soyinka to return to Nigeria<\/p>\n
SYDNEY (DPA): Exiled Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka said
\nyesterday he was confident of returning to Nigeria and predicted
\nthe violent overthrow of current strongman Gen. Sani Abacha.<\/p>\n
Soyinka, the celebrated writer, lecturer and political
\nactivist, is in Australia for the opening of his play The
\nBeatification of Area Boy.<\/p>\n
\"I'm convinced that the seizure of the nation...by a bunch of
\nmilitary thugs is something which will constantly be contested as
\nlong as Nigerians are Nigerians,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Soyinka, who went into exile in the United States after
\nserving two years in jail for criticizing the Nigerian
\nauthorities in the late 1960s, is the only African to win a Nobel
\nPrize for literature.<\/p>\n
He said he expected an uprising against Abacha and would not
\ncondemn that violence. Abacha took control in Africa's biggest
\ncountry four years ago, promising to hand power back to civilians
\nby 1996. The deadline for the handover has now been set for 1998.<\/p>",
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