I don’t need religion – Wole Soyinka

Nobel Prize-winning author, Wole Soyinka, has said that he does not need any religion and hasn’t felt the need for one. He however described himself as a mythologist

According to him, he believes that people have a right to create myths around themselves based on their experiences.

“Do I really need one (religion)? I have never felt I needed one. I am a mythologist, he said

“But religion? No, I don’t worship any deity. But I consider deities as creatively real and therefore my companions in my journey in both the real world and the imaginative world,” he said.