Democracy, Torture And Exile
August, 2006
In 1986 Nigerian Wole Soyinka became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature. But his life has been about more than words. Soyinka spent nearly two years in solitary confinement and many years in exile for his outspoken political views. In his new memoir, You Must Set Forth at Dawn, the 72-year-old activist recounts his literary life on the run.[Q] Playboy: As a longtime activist for democracy, what do you think of the current U.S. policy of exporting American-style democracy?[A]...
