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You're listening to intelligence squared today

We're speaking to writer Wale Shoyanka about the themes of his new novel chronicles from the land of the happiest people on earth

Here's Dr. Luisa Agmanika with more

I'm delighted to have with me professor Wale Shoyanka

Nigerian author, playwright, poet and political activist

He is Africa's first Nobel laureate in literature

His prolific body of work includes his debut novel the interpreters and his play death and the King's horse name

Shoyanka has been one of the greatest critics of the Nigerian government

And a staunch critic of corruption

Authoritarian regimes everywhere

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