Colonial Niger Delta and Intra-Regional Conflict in Selected Nigerian Plays
This research examines and analyses the depiction of intra-regional conflicts in selected historical plays that are set in the colonial era of Nigeria’s resource-rich Niger Delta region. The plays are Miesoinuma Minima’s King Jaja or the Tragedy of a Nationalist and Odum Egege, Ola Rotimi’s Ovonr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Danubius University
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Danubius: Communicatio |
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| Online Access: | https://dj.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/AUDC/article/view/1856 |
| Summary: | This research examines and analyses the depiction of intra-regional conflicts in selected
historical plays that are set in the colonial era of Nigeria’s resource-rich Niger Delta region. The plays
are Miesoinuma Minima’s King Jaja or the Tragedy of a Nationalist and Odum Egege, Ola Rotimi’s
Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, and Ahmed Yerima’s The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen. The plays depict two
regional centres of power and their extensive control. Rather than situate the texts in the context of
Nigeria’s pre-Independence nationalism against British rule, attention is given to intra-regional
otherness and its resultant conflict. |
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| ISSN: | 1844-7562 2069-0398 |