FTP, identify this early play of Wole Soyinka, whose title comes from the comparison of Baroka to the hindquarters of a certain animal.
One of the male leads in this play carries around a "Shorter Companion Dictionary", insisting that the "Longer" version will arrive soon, and often speaks in long strings of synonyms. The narcissism of the female lead in this work is demonstrated when she fawns over a photo spread of herself in a magazine, and again when she sees a stamp-making machine and fantasizes about her face appearing on thousands of pieces of mail. The play opens at noontime with a traditional dance depicting an English photographer's journey through the jungle and feast with the Bale of Ilujinle. Sadiku, the chief's wife, is only one of four named characters, along with the main love triangle of the Westernized schoolteacher Lakunle, the supposedly impotent chief Baroka, and the village belle, Sidi. FTP, identify this early play of Wole Soyinka, whose title comes from the comparison of Baroka to the hindquarters of a certain animal.
One of the male leads in this play carries around a "Shorter Companion Dictionary", insisting that the "Longer" version will arrive soon, and often speaks in long strings of synonyms.
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