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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 This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. Roland Gaia Sound Designer.

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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. A thought-provoking play by the first African author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The play deals with the conflict between traditional ways and modernization; for example, should a man pay a bride price in order to marry?

The young schoolmaster, a believer in Western culture, wants to marry 'the jewel' Sidi but doesn't want to pay her bride price claiming it is old-fashioned (though the reader/viewer is also left with the impression that he can't afford it!). The headman of the village, A thought-provoking play by the first African author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The play deals with the conflict between traditional ways and modernization; for example, should a man pay a bride price in order to marry? The young schoolmaster, a believer in Western culture, wants to marry 'the jewel' Sidi but doesn't want to pay her bride price claiming it is old-fashioned (though the reader/viewer is also left with the impression that he can't afford it!).

The headman of the village, 'the lion', is in his 60s and has several wives and concubines already but can pay. The village is still traditional in its daily life but one senses that it is on the verge of change. As a Westerner myself, I started out with the preconceived notion that modernization would be a beneficial change but by the end of the play, I was not so sure. [The 'Lion', representing the traditional values and culture, was not as weak and aged as he appeared to be -- I assume that is Soyinka's way of saying that the tradional culture isn't as ready to fade away either. ] Whether that is good or bad is unclear to me but interesting to think about. African Nobel Laureate in literature, Soyinka, wrote this book when he was still a very young man, and the work showcased what a literary genius he already was.

The ingredients that would make the playwright one of the most acclaimed in the world is present here, as well as the dazzling, rich language that taps into African lores so well. There are themes of mortality in this play, and the cunning of the king; contrasted with the impudence, naivety allied to arrogance of the youth. Soyinka explo African Nobel Laureate in literature, Soyinka, wrote this book when he was still a very young man, and the work showcased what a literary genius he already was. The ingredients that would make the playwright one of the most acclaimed in the world is present here, as well as the dazzling, rich language that taps into African lores so well.

There are themes of mortality in this play, and the cunning of the king; contrasted with the impudence, naivety allied to arrogance of the youth. Soyinka explores these, and others here as (western) modernity is encroaching on a rural setting which however still has massive echoes of the past.

This is a brilliant work that one can read again and again. The Lion and the Jewel is a quick read that is witty and fun to read. Its overall size is good for anyone who wants a small play with a lot of content. It takes place around the 1950s, right before the Nigerian Independence movement. It takes place in a small village, with very diverse characters. Sidi, a young maiden must choose between the village chief and also the Westernized school teacher. The themes and characters are so representative of different cultures and although there is a story, The Lion and the Jewel is a quick read that is witty and fun to read.

Its overall size is good for anyone who wants a small play with a lot of content. It takes place around the 1950s, right before the Nigerian Independence movement. It takes place in a small village, with very diverse characters. Sidi, a young maiden must choose between the village chief and also the Westernized school teacher. The themes and characters are so representative of different cultures and although there is a story, this play really conveys more than just the average small novel. Feminism results from women who “advocate for women’s right seeking to remove restrictions that discriminate against women” (1). For example, Sidi the main character is representative of so much, feminism, the Nigerian people and women in general.