The Lion and the Jewel
This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.
More by Wole Soyinka
Death and the king's horseman
Ake
Kongi's harvest.
The Jero plays
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
A shuttle in the crypt.
Mandela's earth and other poems
Myth, literature and the African world
A dance of the forests
King Baabu (Methuen Modern Plays)
Wole Soyinka
Chappie’s discussion starters
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- Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
- Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
- What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
- If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
- Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?