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Literature in English Theory SECTION A: African Drama   DELE CHARLEY: The Blood of a Stranger   Consider the…

SECTION A: African Drama

 

DELE CHARLEY: The Blood of a Stranger

 

Consider the view that tradition triumphs in the play.

Explanation

The required answers should include:

i. The people’s adherence to custom or tradition.

ii. The three stalwarts of the people’s culture or tradition and their differences/rivalry.

iii. The effect of the conflict among the three characters: Kindo, Soko and Maligu.

iv. Whitehead’s mission and its failure.

v. The triumph of custom or traditions in the killings in the shrine and Kindo’s banishment.