Description

The wisdom of a fool is a satirical dramatization of the leadership crisis in Africa. The story resolves around King Ofirima, a slave dealing dictator whose ruthlessness is cured by a stronger spiritual force in the form of Christianity. The action presents the symbolic community as hopelessly doomed. Human resources are wasted. Injustice is the order. Spiritual redemption is the only indication that the author hopes the despair would ultimately be over.