The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

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Autobiography and memoir

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

Wole Soyinka

1972

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Political courage Tyranny

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Autobiography and memoir

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1972

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Wole Soyinka

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Soyinka, Wole. "A Letter to Compatriots." The Man Died: Prison Notes. Harper & Row/Rex Collings Limited, 1972.

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The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. — Wole Soyinka

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