Word: yorubas
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...professional brought in from the big time, is a charming, witty and thoroughly well-performed fable that would make Moliere smile. The rather abbreviated one-act play revolves around the activities of one Brother Jeroboam, a self-proclaimed prophet of the Lord and small-time religious hustler. Soyinka, a Yoruba playwright, novelist and poet who spent three years in a Nigerian prison for alleged subversion during the tragic Biafran civil war, puts broad satirical strokes and rapid-fire dialogue to clever use to parody the frailties of the human race...
...Russell '76 turns in an almost-too-good performance as Jero. He captivates the audience from the opening scene, and although his movements become a bit repetitive after a few scenes, he plays the role to the hilt, complete with a lilting accent suggesting the mellifluous tones of the Yoruba tongue. If Russell's movements become a bit stale, his characterization does not, and as the central conflict emerges between Jero and his henpecked assistant Chume, Russell pours it on, never losing that vital energy...
...Yoruba, semi-official language in western Nigeria, having abundant modern literature, spoken by more than five million people...
Most of the collection's pieces come from West African tribal groups, Silverman said. She said the collection contained several new pieces from the Yoruba tribes and several additions to the Warega and Bakota collections...
Lawal, senior research fellow of the University of lfe, Nigeria, is teaching courses this semester in West African art history, Fine Arts 108, and Yoruba history and culture, History of Religion...