Book description
In this play, the theme of Sopocles' "Oedipus Rex" is skillfully transplanted to African soil. King Odewale's progress towards knowledge of the murder and incest that must be expiated before his kingdom can be restored to ealth is unfolded with a dramatic intensity heightened by the richness of the play's…
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1 author picked The Gods are Not to Blame as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read this play in high school, and then later, a university theatre group performed it at our school. It was one of the first plays I ever watched.
It’s a Yoruba (Nigerian) adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex (and was in fact my introduction to Oedipus Rex) with Yoruba gods replacing the Greek ones, and like Oedipus Rex is a powerful commentary on how inescapable fate is.
From Chika's list on re-imaginings of history, classics and myths.
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