A Quote by Wole Soyinka

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

Wole Soyinka

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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian - Novelist
Born: July 13, 1934

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

Wole Soyinka

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