Soyinka blew up the Tinubu government for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s songs, calling the move “a grumpy irrationality”.
Nigeria News Nalin Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Prize winner, reportedly condemned the federal government’s decision to ban Nigerian musician Eedris Abdulkareem’s song, calling it “grunt-tempered irrational” behavior and dangerously returned to censorship.
Soyinka warned in a statement from New York University in Abu Dhabi on Sunday that the move posed a serious threat to freedom of expression and reflected the authoritarian era in Nigeria, in which routine suppressed oppositional art voices.
“Because of the work of a different type of artist (The Cartoon), who recently sent me graphic reviews about the event, I recently learned about the product of a music artist Eedris Abdulkareem, back to review culture,” Soyinka said in the article.
Literary idols mocked and mocked the ban, indicating that its development was not enough.
He wrote: “Not only should the alleged offensive record be banned – the musician himself should be banned.
Although he admits not to hear the song, Soyinka insists that the problem at hand goes beyond the lyrics and touches on a more critical democratic principle – the right to free expression.
His words: “It’s certainly basic. That’s why I feel like we should look in the light of any picture, thus recommending Aleshinloye’s cartoons, while others are veins of allies – easy to implement, easy to implement, easy to digest wisdom, trying to stifle incredible works that fail to make unpopular art or social commentary.
Soyinka also pointed to the irony of censorship and pointed out that such bans are usually free publicity.
He quipped: “The ban could push the artist’s nest eggs due to promotions from the Liberal Government. Mr. Abdul Karem must keep twisting his happy path at the moment. I envy him.”
Soyinka said that any government that censored voices was “sliding downhill into the abyss” while encouraging only praise of singers.
