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Kongi's Harvest is a 1965 play written by Wole Soyinka. It premiered in Dakar, Senegal, at the first Negro Arts Festival in April 1966. It was later adapted as a film of the same name, directed by the American Ossie Davis. The play was published in 1967 in London and New York by Oxford University Press (Three Crowns Books; 96 pp).
- Wole Soyinka
- 1965
Kongi's Harvest is a 1970s Nigerian drama film directed by Ossie Davis. The film was adapted from a screenplay by Wole Soyinka adapted from his 1965 play of the same name.
Kongi's Harvest scenes essentially captures a play on Power, Pomp and Ecstasy": the power of autocratic president Kongi, the pomp of detained king Danlola, the ecstasy...
Dec 23, 2021 · Kongi's Harvest. President Kongi (Wole Soyinka), the dictator of an African developing nation, is trying to modernize his nation after deposing King Oba Danlola (Rasidi Onikoyi).
His play Kongi’s Harvest (1965) is set in post-independent Nigeria. It revolves around the character of Kongi a modern dictator of an imaginary African country called Isma. Kongi has usurped the power of the traditional ruler, Oba Danlola, who along with his wives and advisors is imprisoned.
A movie adaptation of Soyinka's play about a dictator who tries to modernize his nation by any means necessary. The film features Soyinka as the president, Rasidi Onikoyi as the king, and Banjo Solaru as the organizing secretary.
May 31, 2023 · Kongi's Harvest is a film adaptation of a play written by Wole Soyinka in 1965 with the same title. It was produced by Nigerian pioneer filmmaker, Francis Oladele (Calpenny-Nigeria...
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