Interplay of art and post-independent Nigerian politics in Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband has Gone Mad Again
Abstract
This paper directs a consideration of facts towards deciphering the nature and composition of politics in Nigeria after the period of colonialism and apartheid rule. Cascading verily from the early part of the post-independence era down to a modern era, a critical analysis will be made of politics through the textual analysis of Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again.
This paper makes a thematic consideration of Ola Rotimi's 'Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again' and utilizes the storyline which borders superciliously on the political abuse of the post-colonial era and unsatisfactorily shows the extent of disillusionment that accompanied the writing ambience of that time concerning the political sphere.
Ola Rotimi's masterpiece emerged as a descriptive work instigating an exposure of the political era; a time when the political elites became unhealthily preoccupied with power tussle and abuse. Thus, this paper exposes the loopholes by reflecting literally on the theme of Ola Rotimi's play.
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