professor wole soyinka, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has your generation of older nigerians failed the people? i believe so, yes. no question at all in my mind. really? why? | question at all in my mind. really? why? i compare today with the dreams, the aspirations we had when we all rushed home after our studies abroad. we considered ourselves the

professor wole soyinka, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your generation of older nigerians failed the people? i believe so, yes. no question at all in my mind. really? why? well, i compare today with the dreams, the aspirations we had when we all rushed home after our studies abroad. we considered ourselves the renaissance people, going to lift the continent to world standards, competitive anywhere. it hasn't happened. we've just seen in the february elections, two opponents, the incumbent muhammadu buhari, and his opponent, atiku abubakar. both in their mid—70s. are they also failing the people, in your opinion? it was one of the most depressing elections we have been through. it wasn't possible, i am talking of myself, it wasn't possible for me to make a choice, for the simple reason the two candidates were not — they both had histories, one immediate, one past, which made one look for alternatives, yes. but you had backed general buhari in the past, saying he was a born democrat even though he is a military man. general buhari didn't re