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2. What is the significance of the “Unborn Child” in the play?

One of the unresolved features of the Dead Woman is the fact that she was killed while pregnant with a child. She returns to the world of the living still with a pregnant belly, and during the welcome ritual, the fetus appears as a Half-Child, who...

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Critically justify "A Dance of the Forest" by Wole Soyinka is a postcolonial play by?

A Dance of the Forests is one of Wole Soyinka's best-known plays and was commissioned as part of a larger celebration of Nigerian independence. It was a polarizing play that made many Nigerians angry at the time of its production, specifically...

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Write a critical note on Wole Soyinka's dystopian vision of Nigerian society and culture as presented in "A Dance of the Forests."

The play was written in celebration of Nigerian independence from colonial rulership in 1960. It depicts an image of the world in which human beings are implored not to repeat the mistakes of the past. The image of the fallible mortals who are...

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