The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice. (Wole Soyinka)

The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice.

Wole Soyinka

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