Tuesday 2 December 2014

WOLE SOYINKA LIKENS JONATHAN TO KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Prof. Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says President Goodluck Jonathan is worse than neo-Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, describing Jonathan as a President that embraces impunity.
According to the account of the Holy Bible, Nebuchadnezzar at the height of his reign became too arrogant and God tampered with his heart and made him to eat grass and live like an animal for seven years.
The title of the text Soyinka read at the briefing was, “King Nebuchadnezzar – The Reign of Impunity.”
The opening of the address read, “I shall not insist that the historical/biblical figure of Nebuchadnezzar is uniquely apt for the pivotal figure of the ‘democratic’ history in the making at this moment – for one thing, Nebuchadnezzar was a nation builder and a warrior"
source: Punch News.

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