Yoruba Festival and the Dramatist: Satire as Spine in Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forests
In most African societies, festivals play especially important roles linked to the survival of the society. This paper investigates the festival motif in Wole Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forests with the purpose of illuminating further his exploration of elements of indigenous African (Yoruba) lore. T...
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| Main Author: | Olusegun i Olu-Osayomi |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Yoruba Studies Review |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/132802 |
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