num_pages: 65
description: This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.
language: English
title: The Lion and the Jewel
titlecomplete: The Lion and the Jewel
genres: Theatre, Africa, Nigeria, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, Fiction, African Literature
ratings_count: 1709
places: Nigeria
publisher: Oxford University Press