Playwright: Olanrewaju Ari-Ajia
Publisher: Phyleom Publishers, Lagos
Pages: 113
Year of Publication: 2015
Reviewer: Olutayo Irantiola
The society is the bedrock of
inspiration for a writer because they are a product of that locale and this can
be transported into any genre of literature. The unending complexities of the
country would produce sufficient themes for any writer; as it is being said;
African writers are still fighting for emancipation from our brothers, who are
taking us on another round of ‘colonialism’. Ari-Ajia, a product of this
society, tried to show the examine the rot in the educational system, the power
tussle which leads to the wanton waste of lives and what people call ‘love’ on
February 14.
The first place which is about
a young lad; Dede, who is a book aficionado, he reads at all times in
preparation for his final examinations from high school to the University. He
has been having endless struggles with two tempters and his ‘tempter’ friends equally.
He eventually becomes a victim of what happens to many Nigerian students; they
study courses that they do not want because they do not know people who can
help them during the struggle for admission. Some of the insinuations from the
play are written below-
