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...moving around the country, talking with Biafrans and Europeans and interviewing Biafra's leader, Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, to reach a few surprising conclusions. He found that the Ibo-the region's majority tribe-are not only vigorously and successfully resisting invading federal Nigerian troops, but are maintaining high morale and a surprising amount of normalcy while doing...
...TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED. The first play by Nigerian Playwright Wole Soyinka is an affectionate spoof of the self-anointed preachers who collect their flocks on the African beaches, while the second play draws its symbolism and rich imagery from tribal myths and archetypes...
...TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED. In this double bill introducing his work to the U.S., Nigerian Playwright Wole Soyinka proves himself to be both a satirist and a mythopoet, blending modern mockery and irony with a residual reverence for the African past, bringing his heroes out of tribal folklore to convincing stage life...
...TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED, by African Playwright Wole Soyinka, introduce two aspects of Nigerian life to Manhattan audiences. In the first play, Harold Scott is a devil of a "prophet" as he gathers his "flock" on the beaches. In the second, Scott gives a taut interpretation of a voluntary victim of tribal sacrifices...
...shortest-lived country was the tiny state of Biafra - or so it seemed. Six months ago, the Eastern Region of Nigeria, the home of 8,500-000 Ibo tribesmen, proclaimed itself a sovereign nation and plunged Nigeria into civil war. No country ever recognized Biafra, and the Nigerian federal navy soon choked its economy with a blockade. By October, federal troops sent to quell the rebellion had captured almost a third of Biafra's territory, including the capital of Enugu, and sent the secessionist government fleeing into the region's rain forests. The surprising fact is that Biafra...