Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, warned that societies that ignore their history and fail to confront injustice risk sliding into tyranny, stressing that cultural identity and historical consciousness are essential to justice and national renewal.
Soyinka, who made this known at the centenary anniversary of the Yoruba Tennis Club, Lagos, traced the origins of the club to a broader struggle for social liberation, dignity and self-definition among Nigerians.
Soyinka, who was the Guest Lecturer at the event, said the organisation that eventually became the Yoruba Tennis Club was conceived not merely as a social gathering, but also as part of a historical movement aimed at reclaiming dignity in the face of oppression.