The lion and the jewel / Wole Soyinka.
By: Soyinka, Wole [author.].
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TextSeries: Three crowns book: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1962Description: 64 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0199110832 (pbk.); 9780199110834 (pbk.).Subject(s): English drama -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 822.91 SOY Summary: This play by African dramatist Wole Soyinka 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.
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This play by African dramatist Wole Soyinka 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.
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