Discuss the thematic preoccupation of the play – The Blood of a Stranger. THEME OF DECEIT/FALSEHOOD The play, The Blood of a Stranger examines the issue of deceit. Maligu, Soko and Whitehead are central to this game of deceit. First and foremost, Maligu deceives Soko, the king and the people c 1sndo to believe that …
SETTING/BACKGROUND OF THE PLAY Mr. Ayodele Caleb Charley was born on the 27th of March, 1984 in Sierra Leone. The Blood of a Stranger, a play that won the best play award during Festac 77 in Lagos Nigeria, is set in the village of Mando, old Sierra Leone during the period of colonialism. During this …
Comment on the role/contribution of any three of the following characters in the play — Chief Ade Aniaka; Ochuole; Aloho; Ogeyi; 1akubu; Inaku; Show Boy and Madam Hoha etc. YAKUBU He is the Assistant Police Commissioner, stout and about 39 years old. With some tribal marks, he frowns all the time, thus looking like a …
Give an account of the significance of any two dramatic techniques used in the play. IRONY This is one significant dramatic technique in the play. Aloho questions the rationale behind her waiting for God’s time so as to get a decent job. She is desperate. She gets that job which perhaps is not God’s time. …
Discuss any of the Following themes in Harvest of Corruption: Corruption/Betrayal/Deception/Desperation in Harvest of Corruption. CORRUPTION The theme of corruption manifests in several ways in the play, Young girls are ready to do anything just to make money and live big. Many die in the process like Aloho. Ochuole is identified as not being so …
Corruption is a national tragedy, it destroys not only the human body but also the soul. The Honourable Minister of External Relations is the Chief helmsman. He has agents who have sold their conscience to the devil, Ochuole is the anchorwoman who recruits desperate young ladies in search of jobs Pot Chife Ade-Amaka. Many of …