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Major Plays 2

Major Plays 2

Femi Osofisan

Major Plays 2 brings together three plays written between 1983 and 1999: Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels (1983), Red is the Freedom Road (1991), and Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen. Aringindin was first published in 1992. The version in this collection includes a new ending, first produced in 1999 after the end of Abacha’s rule.

ISBN 9789783613638 | 204 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2003 | Opon Ifa Readers, Nigeria | Paperback

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About the Author

Femi Osofisan

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.

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