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“I represent anarchism as the primary foundation upon which Soyinka has developed all his work and, consequently, as the primary interpretive criterion by which his writing and politics must be examined if it is to be fully understood. By the term "anarchism," I imply the simultaneous deconstruction of both individuality and community intended to recuperate the "primordial origin of existence," i.e., the realm of existence that operates beyond any one particular ideology as Soyinka represents it in his philosophical works."