http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964?src=rss The Root Editor-in-Chief interviews the Nigerian-born Nobel Laureate about ending the carnage in Africa, Barack Obama's reception in his home continent, the flowering of Nigerian women writers, and more. Copyright 2009 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:04:33 -0800 http://www.brightcove.com/?v=1.0 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1868972012?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868954925_asset-1224527607989.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/> Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka ponders what happened to the dream of a peaceful post-colonial Africa. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1868972012?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1868972009?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868932882_asset-1224527709085.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka discusses the tensions between Africans and African Americans. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1868972009?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866657349?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868954925_asset-1224527607989.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Wole Soyinka gives his take about how Barack Obama's candidacy has been received in Africa. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866657349?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688368?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868955593_asset-1224527730439.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Wole Soyinka offers ideas about ending the violence in his home continent. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688368?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688360?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868932879_asset-1224527628177.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Wole Soyinka and Henry Louis Gates Jr. discuss a flowering crop of Nigerian women writers. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688360?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688351?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868932882_asset-1224527709085.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Wole Soyinka gives his thoughts about the Zimbabwe leader. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688351?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688379?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868971521_asset-1224529120785.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Wole Soyinka discusses the impact of Bono on human rights in Africa. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688379?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688373?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868954925_asset-1224527607989.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Wole Soyinka discusses the crisis in Darfur with The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1866688373?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1868972004?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1349209537/1349209537_1868932879_asset-1224527628177.jpg?pubId=1349209537"/>Henry Louis Gates Jr. asks Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka if a new Congress of Berlin is needed. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1859729964/bclid1859720781/bctid1868972004?src=rss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:53:36 -0800