An evil meal of evil / Kehbuma Langmia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langmia, Kehbuma.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avarice--Drama.

Avarice.

Witchcraft--Africa--Drama.

Witchcraft.

Vampires--Africa--Drama.

Vampires.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of 'Ntisong', the play exposes the complexities of unravelling the issue of Death. Sunyin, the young wife of Dohbani epitomizes what is wrong with coerced marriages. A group of blood thirsty vampires popularly known in the village as members of 'Nda Saah' superstitiously kill targeted individuals purposely to enrich themselves. Sunyin, the protagonist in the play suffers from a premature widowhood simply because her father Njukebim forced her into marrying Dohbani. As the play unravels with

Contents:

Dedication

Foreword

Act I

Scene 1. Njukebim, Sunyin's father is in his "Talih"

Scene 2. Sunyin has been married for over a year now

Scene 3. The members of "Nda Saah"

Scene 4. Dohbani and Sunyin are on stage

Scene 5. Dohbani is brought in, dead

Act II

Scene 1. Following the death of Dohbani

Scene 2. Sunyin lies in her homestead, legs out-stretched

Scene 3. Njukebim and Nadoh are at home.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613198068

9781283198066

1283198061

9789956715886

9956715883

9789956715053

9956715050

9789956615100

9956615102

OCLC:

830165822