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Major Plays 1
Femi Osofisan
For the first time widely available outside Africa, Major Plays 1 is the first title in a series aiming to assemble the most important of Osofisan’s works. The volume comprises three plays: Many Colours Make the Thunder-King (1997), Farewell to a Cannibal Rage and The Oriki of a Grasshopper (1986).
ISBN 9789783613621 |
208 pages |
229 x 152 mm |
2006 |
Opon Ifa Readers, Nigeria |
Paperback
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About the Author
- Femi Osofisan
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Femi Osofisan is a prolific Nigerian critic, poet, novelist, and playwright whose work attacks political corruption and injustice, was born in Erunwon village in the old Western Region of Nigeria and educated at the universities of Ibadan, Dakar, and Paris; he is a professor of drama at the University of Ibadan. Among the literary awards and commendations he has won are prizes from the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) for both drama (1980) and poetry (1989). He is the only Nigerian author to be honoured with that award twice.
