An old propaganda returns

In 1983, Wole Soyinka, the lion and the jewel—not the tiger that surrendered its tigritude—penned two songs that became instantly famous. They appeared in a recording by Tunji Oyelana called “Unlimited Liability.” In “Country Hide & Country Seek,” he sang, among others, of the wiles of Country Hide: “Dem wan rob church, so dey call prayer meeting When