Yoruba Ronu

References

Yoruba Ronu

work by Ogunde

Also known as: “Yorubas, Think!”

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Hubert Ogunde
Ogunde’s most famous play, Yoruba Ronu (performed 1964; “Yorubas, Think!”), was such a biting attack on the premier of Nigeria’s Western region that his company was banned from the region—the first instance in post-independence Nigeria of literary censorship. The ban was lifted in 1966 by Nigeria’s new military government,…
Read More
Ogunde’s most famous play, Yoruba Ronu (performed 1964; “Yorubas, Think!”), was such a biting attack on the premier of Nigeria’s Western region that his company was banned from the region—the first instance in post-independence Nigeria of literary censorship. The ban was lifted in 1966 by Nigeria’s new military government,…
Read More