In this book Harmattan Haze On An African Spring By Wole Soyinka, Soyinka argues that all claims that Africa has been explored are as premature as news of her imminent demise.

A truly illuminating exploration of Africa has yet to take place. It does not pretend to take place even on the pages of this book, being content with retrieving a few grains for germination from the wasteful threshing floor of Africa’s existential totality.