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Convention relative à l'Organisation de coopération et de developpement economiques Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Pages
64
Published
1963
Language
Finnish

Synopsis

This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.

About the author

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Wole Soyinka

Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature. Fecund playwright, poet, novelist, and literary critic.

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