Abstract: This research examined the theme of corruption in Wole Soyinka’s The Road and Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. In view of the two plays under investigation, it is evident that one of the problems confronting our Nigerian society is corruption, and leadership failure. Based on the two author’s points of view,…
ABSTRACT: This study examined The Use of Satire in Soyinka’s the Lion and the Jewel and Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. The study reviewed that Satire is a literary device use by writers in portraying the ills and amusing ways in the society like political corruption, political disillusionment socio-political conflict and disillusionment in…
ABSTRACT: The Use of Satire for Social Reformation in African Literature; A Study of Ola Rotimi’s our Husband Has Gone Mad Again and Wole Soyinka’s A Play of Giants.” Is the topic of this research work. It focuses on how the two writers uses Satire to remold the society. The study discusses on the social…
Abstract: This research examined Satire And Social Control In Wole Soyinka’s Kongi’s Harvest And Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. It focuses on the social and political ills prevalent in the African societies with the view of correcting them thus, making the contemporary society a better place to live. Using two texts from…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Satire in African literature has been in existence for a long period of time. It is also a fashionable tool used by playwrights, critics and various individuals in reforming societies which are engulfed in socio-political conflict, social, religious and moral decadence as well as attacking unwholesome attitudes…
Abstract: This study examines Satire in Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again and Femi Osofisan’s Midnight Hotel. It is discovered in the study satire can be seen as a work which portrays the social vices, crimes and absurdities of men individuals in a society. The study also shown that Rotimi and Osofisan are…
Socio-political problems in Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again and Tess Onuweme’s The Reign of Wazobia CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Ola Rotimi and Tess Onuweme are Nigerian male and female writers that use literature as a gate way to portray the society on the issues of socio-political, economic, religion…