SECTION A (AFRICAN DRAMA) WOLE SOYINKA: The Lion and The Jewel 1. Examine the theme

Explanation

The play is about the conflict between tradition and modernity as manifested in courtship and marriage. Lakunle refuses to pay the traditional bride price for Sidi, losing her to Baroka. Baroka is the Bale of llujinle, he epitomizes traditional polygamous and is based on the payment of the bride price. Lakunle represents love in the modern sense- non-payment of bride price and Complete customs related to love and marriage. In spite of Baroka's seduction of Sidi through the pretence of his impotence after being aided by Sadiku, he marries her, according to custom. The marriage between Baroka and Sidi symbolizes the continuation of the African social order which has love and marriage which is abandonment of tradition and been threatened' by the mockery of western values in the play