Overview
Region
West Africa
Nigeria
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Drama
About This Work
Based on the Ijo oral saga of Ozidi, a posthumous hero raised to avenge his father's murder, this play stages the seven-night ritual performance in literary form, combining violence, prophecy, and spectacle.
Literary Significance
Clark-Bekederemo's filming of the actual Ozidi saga performance is a landmark in ethnographic documentation of African oral tradition