The unenviable state of the Nigerian nation was again
theatrically laid bare in Aba Alapata,
Prof. Wole Soyinka’s latest play staged at the Arts Theatre, University of
Ibadan to commemorate the literary giant’s 80th birthday on Sunday, July 13,
2014.
The production, put up by Oracles Repertory Theatre Company
in collaboration with the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Oyo State
chapter, is a dynamic, satirical comedy of errors that brought out the open
wound of the nation in so many tropes and symbolisms, depicting the rape and
“butchering” of the nation, struggles for power-sharing, mis-governance, the
evil of godfatherism and the insensitivity of the political elite towards the
toiling masses among others. |
| •A scene from the play: Seni Pinhero as Alaba and chiefs from the traditional council. |
