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After //Girls at War// the next text we will study is the play // The Lion and the Jewel // by the Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka.
Wole Soyinka - Biography

The Lion and the Jewel - study notes

The Lion and the Jewel

When you have read the links above, please go into YOUTUBE and watch the videos on the play.

 * Questions on MORNING**.

1. Describe Lakunle. 2. What does he complain about Sidi? 3. What does Lakunle thnk of women? 4.What does Sidi insist on in order to marry Lakunle? 5.What does Lakunle think about this? 6. What is Lakunle´s ideal? 7. Who do you think //the stranger with the one eyed box// is? 8. What has he brought with him? 9. Who is the Bale(Baroka)? 10. How does Sidi feel about herself when she hears the news? 11. Who appears in the middle of the dance? 12.What is the dance about? 13. What are Baroka´s words at the end of the scene? 14. What do you think they suggest?