"The Man Died"

"The Man Died" is a phrase from a work by Wole Soyinka, symbolizing the experience of political imprisonment. It reflects how a person’s physical body remains alive, but their spirit, freedom, and identity are profoundly suppressed or lost during incarceration. The phrase emphasizes the psychological and emotional toll of imprisonment, where one’s sense of self can be diminished even as the body persists. Ultimately, it highlights the dehumanizing effects of systems that confine individuals, reducing their existence to mere survival rather than true living or self-expression.