East African Culture Reflects on Their Drama Using Aminata, Echoes of Silence and I Will Marry When I Want as Case Study
EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY ADO - EKITI
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES
AN ASSIGNMENT ON:
ELS 226
(MODERN AFRICAN DRAMA)
SUBMITTED BY :
GROUP 4
QUESTION: THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE DETERMINES ITS DRAMA. DISCUSS THE EAST AFRICAN EXPERIENCE AS EXEMPLIFY IN FRANCES LIMBULGA’S AMMATA, NGUGI WA THIONGO’ S I WILL MARRY WHEN I WANT AND JOHN RUGANDA’S ECHOES OF SILENCE.
LECTURER-IN-CHARGE: DR OLANIYAN MRS
LIST OF GROUP MEMBERS.
OGUNFEIBO AYOKUNLE O 1002630
IBITOYE EBUNOLUWA ABIGAEL 1000154
ADEBIYI ADEBIMPE MOYOYINOLUWA 1000074
ADEOYE ADEDAYO DAVID 1000084 FADARE OLUYEMI ABIOLA 1000143 TALABI GABRIEL OLUMIDE 1000212 ADEBAYO BLESSING OLUWATOSIN 1000072 SHITU RISIKAT ADESOLA 1000210 ADEKUNLE AFOLASADE 1000814 JAMES IDOWU RUTH 1000159 AKINRINMADE MAYOWA MICHEAL 1000110 ADEGBILE OLUWAFUNKE 1000813 ANDERO ABOSEDE ADETUTU 1000118 AYODELE TITILAYO OMOLARA 1000128 OLOPADE SIMISOLA 1000843 AJIBORO SAMUEL T 1000823 AJAYI MARY KEHINDE 1000101 JAYEOLA JOSEPHINE YETUNDE 1000161 AKINLUSI VINCENT ODUNAYO 1000108
TABLE OF CONTENT PAGES
INTRODUCTION. 3
ORIGINS AND FORMS OF DRAMA IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT. 4
PHASES OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA . 5 – 7
EAST AFRICA PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE. 7 – 8
SYNOPSIS OF THE THREE PLAYS. 8 – 18
HOW EAST AFRICAN CULTURE REFLECTS ON THEIR DRAMA 18 – 30
USING AMINATA, ECHOES OF SILENCE AND I WILL MARRY WHEN I
WANT AS CASE STUDY.
Introduction
The main objective of this work is to examine with great scrutiny how people’s culture reflects on their drama. But for this write up we will be focusing majorly on east African experience examining the impact of east African culture on their drama.
The cultural experience is grouped into three categories: the pre-colonial, colonial and the post colonial era using plays from notable east African
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES
AN ASSIGNMENT ON:
ELS 226
(MODERN AFRICAN DRAMA)
SUBMITTED BY :
GROUP 4
QUESTION: THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE DETERMINES ITS DRAMA. DISCUSS THE EAST AFRICAN EXPERIENCE AS EXEMPLIFY IN FRANCES LIMBULGA’S AMMATA, NGUGI WA THIONGO’ S I WILL MARRY WHEN I WANT AND JOHN RUGANDA’S ECHOES OF SILENCE.
LECTURER-IN-CHARGE: DR OLANIYAN MRS
LIST OF GROUP MEMBERS.
OGUNFEIBO AYOKUNLE O 1002630
IBITOYE EBUNOLUWA ABIGAEL 1000154
ADEBIYI ADEBIMPE MOYOYINOLUWA 1000074
ADEOYE ADEDAYO DAVID 1000084 FADARE OLUYEMI ABIOLA 1000143 TALABI GABRIEL OLUMIDE 1000212 ADEBAYO BLESSING OLUWATOSIN 1000072 SHITU RISIKAT ADESOLA 1000210 ADEKUNLE AFOLASADE 1000814 JAMES IDOWU RUTH 1000159 AKINRINMADE MAYOWA MICHEAL 1000110 ADEGBILE OLUWAFUNKE 1000813 ANDERO ABOSEDE ADETUTU 1000118 AYODELE TITILAYO OMOLARA 1000128 OLOPADE SIMISOLA 1000843 AJIBORO SAMUEL T 1000823 AJAYI MARY KEHINDE 1000101 JAYEOLA JOSEPHINE YETUNDE 1000161 AKINLUSI VINCENT ODUNAYO 1000108
TABLE OF CONTENT PAGES
INTRODUCTION. 3
ORIGINS AND FORMS OF DRAMA IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT. 4
PHASES OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA . 5 – 7
EAST AFRICA PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE. 7 – 8
SYNOPSIS OF THE THREE PLAYS. 8 – 18
HOW EAST AFRICAN CULTURE REFLECTS ON THEIR DRAMA 18 – 30
USING AMINATA, ECHOES OF SILENCE AND I WILL MARRY WHEN I
WANT AS CASE STUDY.
Introduction
The main objective of this work is to examine with great scrutiny how people’s culture reflects on their drama. But for this write up we will be focusing majorly on east African experience examining the impact of east African culture on their drama.
The cultural experience is grouped into three categories: the pre-colonial, colonial and the post colonial era using plays from notable east African