![]() ![]() Her beauty has captured many souls, besides Lakunle. To her a girl for who dowry is not paid for will be hiding her shame for she will not be known as a virgin. You would be my chattel, my mere property.” Sidi does not pay attention. He says: “To pay price would be to buy a heifer off the market stall. But to Lakunle, that’s being barbaric, outdated and ignorant. If only Lakunle can pay dowry then she would marry him. The play starts with Lakunle pouring out his heart to Sidi but she does not want to pay attention. The lion is Baroka and the jewel is Sidi. Like the title suggests, The Lion and the Jewel (Three Crowns Book) is symbolic. The play is characterized by culture conflict, ribald comedy and love, where the old culture represented by the uneducated people in Ilunjunle, led by Baroka, Sidi and the rest, clashes with the new culture led by Lakunle, who is educated, school teacher by profession is influenced by the western ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was published in 1963 by Oxford University Press. THE LION AND THE JEWEL (BY WOLE SOYINKA) Written by Africa’s well known dramatist, Wole Soyinka, the play has its setting in the village of Ilunjunle in Yoruba West Africa. ![]()
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