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In the build up to the US election, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole
Soyinka, threatened to trash his US green card, if the Republican
candidate, Donald Trump, won. In this exclusive email interview with The
Interview today, Soyinka vowed to keep his word. He also spoke on the
future of a Trump world:
Did Donald Trump's victory surprise you?
Not altogether. The possibility was looming nearer and nearer, getting scarier and scarier.
What do you think Trump's victory means for the world, especially Nigeria?
It's brought an already teetering world closer to the precipice.
Do you think the victory of Trump, who threatened to build a Wall
is a coincidence coming exactly 27 years to the day the Berlin Wall
came down?
Trump's Wall is already under construction. Walls are built in the
mind, and Trump has erected walls, not only across the mental landscape
of America but across the global landscape. I am glad you referred to
the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - that was one
anniversary in reversal!
Will you thrash your green card, as you reportedly said you would?
Come January 20, 2017; watch my WOLEXIT! (Donald Trump will be
sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States of America on
Friday, January 20, 2017)
At what point did it occur to you that Trump's victory was inevitable?
As Election Day approached, the specter became near palpable. I
refused to switch on the television this morning until I had stiffened
myself with a strong espresso. I felt disaster in my marrow.
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