So it is my work and how you see and interpret it, that absorbs me,” said Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka. Cultural globalisation is the most apparent form because culture also rides on technology and when technology comes from outside (developed nations), it proliferates and we cannot do without it. So we can’t avoid globalisation, but we can control it by preserving our individual cultures, because it is a question of cultural security which will preserve our true essence despite new technology entering our lives. This is any day better than a teacher teaching creative writing,” Prof Soyinka said. It is with imagination and creativity that we could realise the dream of landing on the moon,” Prof Soyinka said.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2019 00:33 UTC