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"No man beholds his mother's womb Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots."

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About Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist and the first African laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work spans drama, memoir, and political commentary.

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