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020 _a0199110832 (pbk.)
020 _a9780199110834 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn670103179
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042 _anbic
082 _a822.91 SOY
100 1 _aSoyinka, Wole,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe lion and the jewel /
_cWole Soyinka.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c1962.
300 _a64 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier.
490 1 _aA Three crowns book.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aEnglish drama
_y20th century.
830 0 _aThree crowns book.
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