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Soyinka Plays: 2
Wole Soyinka
The Lion and the Jewel
by Wole Soyinka
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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.
Publication
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year 1990
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 72
Place Oxford
Language English
ISBN-13 9780199110834
ISBN-10 0199110832
The Lion and the Jewel is a African play written by Wole Soyinka and published by Oxford University Press in Oxford (1990).
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