"The fault, of course, is not in religion, but in the fanatic of every religion. Fanaticism remains the greatest carrier of the spores of fear, and the rhetoric of religion, with the hysteria it so readily generates, is fast becoming the readiest killing device of contemporary times."
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist and the first African laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work spans drama, memoir, and political commentary.