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THE LION AND THE JEWEL

AUTHOR: WOLE SOYINKA

ISBN13: 9780199110834

First Published: 1962

Edition Format: Paperback

Book Language: English

Number of Pages: 65

BOOK DESCRIPTION

This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the
Yoruba vilage 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 t This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole
Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba vilage 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 AUTHOR

Awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his work that "in a wide cultural perspective and
with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence".

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