The Sociological Indices Of African Drama: A Study Of Wole Soyinka’s The Beatification Of Area Boy: A Lagosian Kaleidoscopeand Olu Obafemi’s Scapegoats And Sacred Cows

A persisting tendency in African Drama has remained a careful evaluation and a critical analysis of the African society for the purpose of heralding the cultural virtues and attacking the vices prevalent in the African society for a general social transformation. Drama has been defined as the mimesis of life on stage before a given audience and a replication of the human society on stage. Therefore the purpose of this research is to highlight and discuss in details the sociological elements evident in African Drama. Having drawn analysis from Wole Soyinka’s

The Beatification of Area Boy: A Lagosian Kaleidoscope and Olu Obafemi’s

Scapegoats and Sacred Cows from the sociological theoretical framework, it is evident that the sensual entertainment evident in African Drama notwithstanding, its ultimate focus is to instruct the audience about the prevalent social realities in the society and inform a radical social transformation.

Title Page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of Content

Chapter One

Introduction

Background to the Study

Purpose of Study

Justification

Scope of Study

Organization of Chapters

Methodology

Biography of Wole Soyinka

Biography of Olu Obafemi

Chapter Two

Drama and the African Experience

Sociology as a Theoretical Framework

Appraisal of The Beatification of Area Boy…

Scapegoats and Sacred Cows at a Glare

Chapter Three

Introduction

Synopsis of The Beatification of Area Boy…

Synopsis of Scapegoats and Sacred Cows

Sociological indices in the texts

Class Stratification

Oppression

Exploitation

Moral Decadence

 

Proletarian Revolution

Religious Allusions and Concerns

Economic Mortality

Dramatic Elements in the texts

Allusion

Humor

Characterization

Use of Songs

Chapter Four

Summary

Findings

Conclusion

Bibliography