Morontonu
by Alex Roy-Omoni
Drama
Published: 2006
Pages: 73
ISBN: 978-33872-20-5
Description
The play highlights the blackmail, slander, jealousy and conspiracy that take place in the king's palace due to the inability of the king's wives to produce an heir apparent. Awelewa, the king's first wife, forgetting the existence of the natural law of retributive justice, plars to kill the king's only son by the newly married wife, Morontonu. Caught in this web of conspiracy, Morontonu is condemned to death but for the timely intervention of Baba Ifa...