West Africa
Nigeria
Post-colonial
English
Drama
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
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editorial-summarynot primary textBased 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. Clark-Bekederemo's filming of the actual Ozidi saga performance is a landmark in ethnographic documentation of African oral tradition
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