Professor Femi Osofisan, Nigeria's most prolific playwright, theatre administrator,critic and scholar is one of the most influential teachers of drama, and aclose associate of Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate. He recently discusses Soyinka, his work and other issues with Adeola OgunWhich of Soyinka's plays do you admire most?The usual one, Death and the kings HorsemenWhy?Because [...]
Segun Adefila is the Director of CrownTroupe of Nigeria. He speaks to Ade Ogun on the reason for staging the play A Dance of the Forest to celebrate Wole Soyinka at 80.When did you start staging of plays? I started from childhood, following masquerades in my home town in Omu-Aran, Kwara State. As a child I danced around masquerades but if you are talking about stage plays, I will say [...]
Niyi Osundare is a literary giant that introducing each time would perhaps amount to be laboring the obvious. However, the Professor of African Studies at the University of New Orleans in the United States of America is one of the great writers to reckon with after the generation of Wole Soyinka and the late Chinua Achebe with works such as Village voices and The Eye of the Earth which won [...]