A Quote by Wole Soyinka

If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film makers - I think we would see quite an explosion of African films on the world scene.

Wole Soyinka

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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian - Novelist
Born: July 13, 1934

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