Author: L.O. Adewole
ISBN No: 978-1-919932-97-2
Cost: 68.40
Iku Olowu (The death of Olowu) is a play about a popular Yoruba man who was loved by all his neighbours. He attended festivals with them and he always helped those that were in need. He hated unfair treatment of anyone. He hated segregation and wanted freedom for everybody. It was because of this that he was always at a logger-head with the government of the day.The play opens when the people of Ogudu were worshipping Ogun, the god of iron. As usual, Olowu met them at the shrine and he was welcomed by the chief priest of Ogun called Onimogun. Later, as they were celebrating at the shrine, the police came to arrest Olowu for leading some protests against the government sometime before then. The police claimed that they had been looking for him before somebody told them that he was at the shrine. News soon got to Olowu'a wife at home and she went to hire a lawyer to defend and bail Olowu. Despite this, she still went to an Ifa priest to find out what the gods had in stock for her husband. Despite the fact that the oracle predicted that it won’t be possible to save Olowu from an untimely death, the Ifa priest did not tell Olowu's wife the bad news. Eventually, Olowu died in the police cell. The case got to court despite the fact that it was glaring to everyone, through the submissions of Olowu's lawyer, that Olowu's death was as a result of police brutality, the decision of the court was that the police had no hand in the death of Olowu.
ISBN No: 978-1-919932-97-2
Cost: 68.40
Iku Olowu (The death of Olowu) is a play about a popular Yoruba man who was loved by all his neighbours. He attended festivals with them and he always helped those that were in need. He hated unfair treatment of anyone. He hated segregation and wanted freedom for everybody. It was because of this that he was always at a logger-head with the government of the day.The play opens when the people of Ogudu were worshipping Ogun, the god of iron. As usual, Olowu met them at the shrine and he was welcomed by the chief priest of Ogun called Onimogun. Later, as they were celebrating at the shrine, the police came to arrest Olowu for leading some protests against the government sometime before then. The police claimed that they had been looking for him before somebody told them that he was at the shrine. News soon got to Olowu'a wife at home and she went to hire a lawyer to defend and bail Olowu. Despite this, she still went to an Ifa priest to find out what the gods had in stock for her husband. Despite the fact that the oracle predicted that it won’t be possible to save Olowu from an untimely death, the Ifa priest did not tell Olowu's wife the bad news. Eventually, Olowu died in the police cell. The case got to court despite the fact that it was glaring to everyone, through the submissions of Olowu's lawyer, that Olowu's death was as a result of police brutality, the decision of the court was that the police had no hand in the death of Olowu.
