Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel was first presented in Ibadan in 1959

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It was presented at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1966. The play describes the conflict between the contemporary Lakunle and the lion Baroka over Sidi, the titular Jewel, and their right to wed.

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Lakunle is shown as the refined opposite of Baroka and takes it upon himself to modernize his village and alter its social mores simply because he can.

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Oxford University Press initially released the play’s transcript in 1962. Through the play, Soyinka emphasizes the corrupted African cultural issue and how young people should embrace the original African culture.

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The Lion and the Jewel is a masterpiece that “effectively integrates the concept of literature as a vehicle for both socio-cultural activism and casting focus on aesthetics,” according to a review by Naijabanquet.