WICKED SOULS

CAST
Joy-
Maria-
Grace-
Papa Joy-
Mama Grace-
Papa Joy's Friend-
Mr King-
STAGE MANAGER-
LIGHT TECHNICIAN-
SOUND TECHNICIAN-
DIRECTOR-
CO-DIRECTORS-
INSIGHT DIRECTOR-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS-
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PRAY THIS
I revoke any permission,
authorization, license given
To satan and the power of
darkness by my ancestors, by
spiritual authorities or by
anyone to invade and ravage
my life.
CONTENTS
ACT ONE.................................
scene one..............................
Scene two.............................
ACT TWO............................
scene one.........
Scene two.........
Scene three............
ACT THREE
scene one.........
scene two...........
ACT FOUR
scene one..........
scene two........
PERSONS OF THE PLAY

papa Joy- Joy's father

Mama grace- Grace's mother
Maria- Grace's friend
Grace- ungifted learner
Joy- gifted learner
Mr king- native doctor
Sacky- papa Joy's Friend
Mr paul- pastor

ACT ONE
SCENE ONE
It was morning time of when Joy and Grace met in the school for the first time.
They were all new but in the school but the were happy to meet each other.
Joy was very happy to meet a new mate and a friend at a new school. They were
all in the same grade but different classrooms and they begin to do work together
in the school ground. Joy was a fast learner and Grace was a slow learner and she
is always struggling with school work. As days goes on Grace begin to feel
jealousy of Joy.
(One day at break time, they are sitting on a wood at the back yard of the school)
Grace: My friend how was the morning session today?
Joy: It was better but hectic because we got alot to do in the class.
Grace: I am losing interest in this school things these days cos things are
tightened here now.
Joy: Why do you have to say that?? Don't you know that education is the key to
success??
Grace: I have heard about that but i have been failing all these days and i don't
think if i will improve.
Joy: I can help you to improve but you have to be serious on your school work.
Grace: Okay, the time for break is up brother. Let's meet after school.
Joy: Go and try hard then (moving in opposite direction with B).
The time has gone and the school is in it's first term exams now. Joy and Grace
use to meet and play together in the village and their parents Papa Joy and Mama
Grace begin to know each other through their interactions.
It was in the morning and the sun was shining when Joy and Grace met at the
gate of the school. Learners were to recieve their end term results.
Joy: My heart is beating soo fast today and I don't know why.
Grace: I think you're just afraid of results, but how could you be when you know
you're smart enough to pass the exam?? It's my heart that's supposed to beat that
fast because I don't trust myself on exam things.
Joy: You can still fail even though you're smart thus my report is the only thing
to determine my results. But why do you have to untrust yourself?? Don't you
have hope??
Grace: There is always hope my friends, is only that things have been difficult all
these days of exams. If it's hope that you want me to have it's okay I am waiting
with hope.
Joy: Now you're talking, the bell has rang let's move forward to the assembly
point.
Grace: Okay (following Joy to the assembly point)
Joy became the first best student in her classroom but Grace was on the group of
failures on her classroom.
Grace's performance just brought ripples to Grace and to Maria (a close friends
and classmate of Grace).
It was on holiday when papa Joy and mama Grace met at a bottle store in the
village.
Mama Grace: Good day sir (looking at him and taking a sit on a high stand chair)
Papa Joy: The day is going on well how are you doing?? You're rare these days
Mama Grace: I have been doing good and around so you're refreshing your mind
with some cold drinks
Papa Joy: Yes it is a hot day and i was working in the field few hours ago so i am
here to relax and rest abit
Mama Grace:With a happy face. That is a good idea, i also need one would you
please buy one for me if you can afford
Papa Joy: (Laughing) You're luckt that lucky that i still got some notes in my
pockets, tell the waiter to give you one
Mama Grace: After taking one glass of cool drink. How is joy doing?? It has
been a while without seeing her in the community
Papa Joy: She went for a holiday to her grandfather's house she will soon be back
as the school is about to resume
Mama Grace: I will be glad to see her again, i missed her. Thanks for the drink, I
will be on my way to home now. Putting down an empty glass on a table and
waving at mr t.
Papa Joy: You are welcome madam, greet grace for me and don't forget to tell
her that joy will soon be back from the holiday.

SCENE TWO
It was a quiet and cool morning when learners and teachers met one another for
the second term resume. Learners and teachers were gathered at the assembly
point to discuss the term theme and welcoming one another from the holiday.
Learners were scattered in the whole school and discussing holiday events with
friends. Joy and grace met at a mopane tree after assembly.
Joy: How are you doing my friend. With a smile on her face
Grace: I am doing fine. Long time no see so you went for a holiday at your
grandfather's house??
Joy: Yes my father insisted that i should go and help grandfather with harvesting
in the field
Grace: I hope you completed your mission of going there. The village has been
bored without you and i felt lonely and I was always home
Joy: Ofcourse. What do you think of this semester then??
Grace: Trying hard is still my slogan
Joy: That's good. Let's go to class, people are entering classes already. (Moving
toward her classroom direction)
They disperse to their classes for first day morning session.
When grace entered her classroom she found maria (one of her classmate) at the
door.
Grace: What are you doing here maria?? People are going inside
Maria: Waiting for the teacher to come. How is Joy then??
Grace. She is fine
Maria: I don't know what to call this but i prefer calling it foolishness. How
could you still hang around with joy who obtained first position in her clasroom
while you completely failed?? Can't you see that you're are fool with her and she
just meant to intimidate you??
Grace: (with wide-opened eyes and thinking critically) What do you mean and
what am i supposed to do?? Joy is my school and community friend.
Maria: Joy just blindened you and your thoughts thus you need to leave her alone
and react immediately.
Grace: React how?? I am not an evil person (with confused facial expression).
Maria: But you have to otherwise you will remain a failure and rot in the same
grade for years.
Grace. I can smell some senses in your words but how could we plan evils
against her??
Maria: My grandmother is a native doctor and I have been dealing with people
through her. Do you know Secilia??
Grace: (shocked) yes i know her, she is intelligent
Maria: I am the one who made her to drop out school as ee were friends and she
was always on top in the class.
Grace: We have to act fast on this process because i want to retain my thoughts
and reciprocate this misery to her.
Maria: What do you want to happen to her then?? As for me blinding her is the
first option. My grandmother is experienced and she can ract to any request.
Grace: Blindness is a good option for her. The teacher is about to come. Let's go
in and get ready (Moving toward her seat)

After school Grace and Maria met again. Maria told Grace to come with her to
her grandmother's shrine. Grace was given charms that she must touch joy with.
The next day Grace touched joy with charms. After three days news has come
that joy went blind and will not be able to attend school again. It was also said
that joy use to hallucinate most of the times.

SCENE TREE

It was Friday, Maria and Grace are at the quiet back yard of the school for a
break time.
Grace: Have you recieved good news today?? (Looking her into eyes)
Maria: No, would you please tell me that good news
Grace: I just confirmed today that joy is blind and hallucinating most of the times
Maria: (smiling) i told you that my grandmother is more experienced when it
comes to witchcraft.
Grace: I have seen it now infact I appreciate you for the assistance my friend. I
will be coming to you when inneed of this assistance.
Maria: You are welcome any day anytime. Atleast people will not be calling you
a fool and failure because of Joy. Break time was over. They followed each other
to classroom and dispersed to their seats. Their friendship became stronger
trustworthy after that.
It was on Saturday morning when Grace and her mother were busy pounding
mahangu grains in the house.
Mother: Grace how is your friend Joy doing these days?? I did not see her since
the holiday started.
Grace: So you did not heard a news?? Grace does not attend school anymore
mam after she went blind few days after school resum.
Mama Grace: (shocked) I did not heard about that, is she doing fine?? Do you
use to visit her still??
Grace: I didn't visit her since, and what is the use of visiting a blind person
even?? To me visiting her is just a wasting of time.
Mama Grace: But you must always remember that she is still your friend and
even though she is blind she might still want to hear your voice.
Grace: (getting angry and frustrated) stop it mam. Can you image that rumours
have been scattered all over the village that I had a hand in Joy's blindness and it
has been hard for me especially at school. Papa Joy is telling people that I cursed
her daughter through you because of her intelligence. Can you just imagine that
nonsense
Mama Grace: So papa Joy has the guts to accuse me through you?? How could
he be such person?? He has just touched the crocodile's tail, I am going to show
 him what I am really upto. I hate to be accused, I will then move to the lane
where he thinks I belong.
Grace: (pretending) but do you have to take such move mam??
Mama Grace: (Frustrated) yes I have to show him some experience before they
dirtfy my name all over the community. Even though you're not smart, am I
jealousy enough to witch her daughter for that?? People are wierd and some of
their words can cause wicked actions.
Grace: (looking at her mam) I can not understand how people think of evils
toward others.
Mama Grace: It is fine, every person got brain and with it he/she can think at any
prefered level. Let us go to the kitchen and prefer something tasty for cattle
headers.
They went to the kitchen with a basket full of mahangu flour.

It was afternoon when papa Joy met with Mr sacky (one his friend) at a bottle
store. It was a sunny and hot day thus they were consuming some cool drinks.
Mr Sacky: How are you doing today brotherman it has been a while
Papa Joy: I am doing fine but things have been tightened since my daughter got
blind. At least life is going on but my heart is ever melting when looking to my
daughter.
Mr sacky: The world consists of wicked souls brother. You don't need to think
critically about it as it may affect your health. By the way have you tried to seek
medical attention?
Papa Joy: I have been taking her to the hospital since but no improvement. Some
people have be telling me to take her to these native doctors all around but my
mind is too far away from this belief.
Mr Sacky: I insist you should try it even though you got little hope it (Looking at
him with his mind focused)
Papa Joy: I will look into it (taking a glass of beer to drink).
Mr Sacky: Always make a research before taking steps toward something that
you got little understanding of.
(They continued taking some beers at the bottle store and they disperse after
some hours)

ACT TWO
SCENE ONE

(It was early in the morning. Mama Grace is in mr king's shrine (a shrine which
is 10 kilometres far away from her village)
Mr king: Good morning Ms, what brings you to my shrine?
Mama Grace: I am doing fine Mr, I need your assistance. Infact I have heard
more about your experience and I am here to cast evil and bad luck to someone
who accused me of witchcraft and tarnished my name in our community
Mr king: What do you have for the gods??
Mama Grace: Because I have made research before coming here, I decided to
come with a a male goat and N$500 for gods appreciation
Mr king: They will appreciate you too, what do you want to happen to the
person??
Mama Grace: Just curse him and give him bad luck that he may have an accident
because he owns a car
Mr king: (making incuntations and calling gods) it is so easy for me to that for
you Ms. Take this pranks, and call his name three time with pranks on your
hands and you should do rhis early morning without talking to anyone in the
house. Your offerings are accepted by gods, you may leave.
Mama Grace: (standing up and putting pranks into her handbag) I will do as you
requested Mr. Thank you very much for your assistance, good day.
(Mama Grace left the shrine with hope and smile over her face. He hide the
pranks well in the handbag. The next thing in the morning she did what Mr king
told her and after two days from there Mr t had a car accident with his own car
when he was travelling to his father's house. His car was beyond repair but he
survived the accident with some injuries on his arms. He was admitted in
Oshakati state hospital).

(It is morning time, Papa Joy is on a hospital bed but feeling better. His elder
brother Mathew came to visit him and check up on him).
Mathew: (looking at papa Joy) How are you doing today brother??
Papa Joy: (showing some strengths) I am much better today compared to
previous days.
Mathew: That sounds good, soon you will be discharged from this hospital.
Papa Joy: Doctor told me that I only got two days to leave.
Mathew: That is good news, but how did all these happened?
Papa Joy: (worried) I can not even tell how it happened but i think I was dozing
before the accident.
Mathew: I am suspecting that some wicked souls may have laid curse against
you and your daughter.
Papa Joy: (getting serious) You are right brother, they have witched my daughter
and they are trying me too but what have I done?? Can't I live with peace again??
Tell me what to do brother please.
Mathew: we need to act fast on this. I think we just to consult prophets, they will
rescue you from this curse.
Papa Joy: (looking hopeless) I don't trust these prophets, they are fake and ever
fooling people here and there. Why can't we just consult a native doctor?
Mathew: It is a good and effective option also but some of these doctors are fake
too, infact we have to choose wisely.
Papa Joy: We don't need to waste any time anymore. We will just go on with this
plan after my hospital discharge.
Mathew: (standing up) Let me be on my way, I am going to make some research
and find more information on this.
Papa Joy: (emotional) Greet everyone for me especially my daughter. Tell them
that I will be with them soon.

(It is cloudy and hot, Mama Grace met with Ms loini (one of her friend) at the
shopping centre).
Mama Grace: (surprised) How are you doing today my friend? So you also came
for shopping today?
Ms Loini: (smiling) I am doing fine, I hope you are fine too. I came to collect
some stationaries for my nieces and nephews.
Mama Grace: That's good, school will resume soon. I came to collect some food
staffs.
Ms Loini: Did you heard an update on Papa Joy's health after the accident??
Mama Grace: I heard he is still at the hospital and sustained some injuries on his
arms.
Ms Loini: I heard about that too. His elder brother Mathew told me that he is
doing better now and he will be discharged from the hospital soon.
Mama Grace: (looking at the other side) I think someone has cast curse on him
and his daughter, this world consists of many wicked souls.
Ms Loini: Mathew also told me that they are planning to see a native doctor
soon, just after Papa Joy's hospital discharge. People of this world are wicked
and can't let others live in peace.
Mama Grace: (shocked inside her) But how can they remedying wickedness with
a wicked response? Why can't they try even a pastor?
Ms Loini: I don't know why but that is what they are going to do.
Mama Grace: (rushing) Okay, it is getting late let me go and buy some food
staffs at this stall. We will meet any other time.
Ms Loini: (trying to understand the rush) Have a good day ahead. Let me go in
this shop also.
(Mama Grace rushed to a stall at the other side of the road and Ms Loini went
into a shop. Mama Grace was thinking critically about what they have discussed,
she already know the consequences of native doctors and she was regretting for
her actions of casting bad luck on Papa Joy. On her way home her brain could
not have a single rest as she was just thinking).

(Papa Joy was discharged after two days. He and his brother Mathew are
trekking to a native doctor in the community. They were having some hope
because they made a good research on the native doctor where they are going to)
Papa Joy: are you having hope that we will find what we are aiming for??
Mathew: I got some hope because many people in the community referred us to
this doctor.
Papa Joy: I am having some hope too. Let us just go and see what we will find
there.
Mathew: We have only one hundred metres left to reach the shrine.
(Papa Joy and Mathew reached the shrine. Mr King the owner of the shrine
where they are in. Mr King welcomed them in his shrine)
Mr King: (looking at them) Welcome to my shrine once again, I hope you are
doing fine as for me I am ever fine. How can I help you?
Mathew: We are all doing well but not well. Someone referred us to your shrine.
We are here for your assistance Mr.
Mr king: You are at the right place, say all what you want to be done and it will
be done.
Papa Joy: (abit afraid and looking at Mathew) My daughter just went blind some
months ago and medical doctors have been trying on her health. I then survived a
car accident some weeks ago now also, so I think some curses have been casted
on us thus we are here to remedy this.
Mr King: I can help you as long as you have something for the gods. Come
forward I want to examine you.
Papa Joy: Okay sir (moving forward and shivering)
Mr King: (holding herbs in his hands and touching Papa Joy in forehead) Let me
refer you to the gods.
(Mathew is just quiet and looking at them with hope to hear something from
them).
Mr King: (looking at papa Joy) Your daughter was witched by her mates because
of her intelligence and as for you a bad luck was casted upon you by a lady in
your community and this is linked to your daughter's blindness.

Papa Joy: (shocked with his eyes wide opened) So people of this community are
upto this? I didn't know but who did I offend to deserve this? Am I not supposed
to live in peace and harmony??
Mathew: Is there anything that we can do to these people to make sure that they
reap what they sow?
Mr King: Ofcourse, what you want to be done to them is your choice.
Papa Joy: Can you retain my daughter's sight?
Mr King: Yes I can give you some herbs.
Papa Joy: That's good, give herbs to treat my daughter and cast madness upon all
victims.
Mr King: Did you make up your mind? (having herbs and a long horn with dust
inside it).
Papa Joy: yes, that is my final decision
Mr King then gave Papa Joy some herbs and blew the dust out of the horn that he
is holding.
Mr King: (looking up) "It is said by the gods that anyone that will recieve curse
because of his/her wickedness or wicked attempts will suffer the consequences
and shall not be reversed or treated again" so with the power vested in me by
gods, I declare it done and irreversible.
Mathew: (feeling emotional) We appreciate all what you have done here today
Sir. We will be on our way, have a good day.
Papa Joy and Mathew are on their way home, they are all feeling emotional and
thinking critically about the incident. Papa Joy treated Joy with herbs until she
was able to see again. Mama Grace went mad and hanged herself. Maria (Grace's
friend) went mad also. Grace didn't get mad as she was not the root of evil but
Maria was the one. Joy started school the following year and she was one grade
behind Grace. Grace was always thinking of how to reconcile with Joy and tell
her how did all started.

One day after school, Joy was on her way home but feeling lonely and depressed.
Grace was running after her and and shouting her name.
Grace: (breathing fast) I have been calling you since you reached that palm tree
but you couldn't look back. How are you doing, how have you been?? It has been
a while.
Joy: (feeling irritated) Why are you bothering yourself? After all that happened
you still having hope of us being friends again?
Grace: I didn't came for that. I came to tell you the truth.
Joy: Which truth? I don't have time for evil truth, by the way in which way did I
offend you to deserve that blindness?
Grace: (looking at her with eyes full of tears) It was the work of the devil. Do
you know Maria?
Joy: The one who was your classmate right? I know her
Grace: Yes, she made me witch you through her grandmother by telling me that I
was a fool to be a friend with an intelligent person like you. I lied to my mother
that your father is accusing me for your blindness and she cast bad luck on your
father which led to that accident.
Joy: (crying aloud) But why did you do that? How did you allowed a wicked soul
to intimidate you? You were such a nice person.
Grace: I don't even know why. I am now in pain and shame. I can't believe that
my mother is no more (with tears flowing).
Joy: And where is that wicked Maria now?
 Grace: she run mad. I think your father revenge on them by consulting a native
doctor and this is what may have cause my mother's suicide.
Joy: My father did not tell me anything like this he only said that he used some
herbs to treat my blindness.
Grace: (kneeling down and looking at her face) Can we be friends again?
Joy: (very angry) Are you okay? After all these you still want us to be friends?
This is insane. Just live your life and leave me alone. God will punish you for
that (leaving her).

Grace was left in pain and sorrow, she was thinking critically and regretting all her
previous actions. Joy went home very angry. She went to ask her father. Her father
told her that he healed her with herbs from a native doctor and Grace's mother just
died as a revenge taken by a native doctor that he and Mathew consulted. Joy is
just looking at her father without blinking.
Papa Joy: Can you please say something? Are you here? Are you lost in thoughts?
What are you thinking of?
Joy: Too many questions at a time, which one should I answer now? (with raised
voice).
Papa Joy: Just say out your mind, you are free.
Joy: (leaving her father) Father you are all wicked souls and you only need to
repent and start your lives afresh.
Papa Joy was left alone with soo many thoughts in his mind. He concluded that the
only thing can free him is repentance. He summoned Joy, Grace and his brother
Mathew to tell them his mind. They all joined a community church and they lived
by God's grace with lots of joy.