The throne of the ghost / a play by Modoulamin Age-Almusaf Sowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sowe, Modou Lamin Age-Almusaf, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kings and rulers--Succession--Drama.

Kings and rulers.

Kings and rulers--Succession.

African literature.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

100 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Surulere, Lagos, Lagos State : Malthouse Press Limited, 2016.

Summary:

In four hundred and eighty moons ago or thereabout, when Africa was a huge farmland, there lived a king in a place known today as Niamina Dankunku, who was endowed with dignity as a result of his wisdom and unquestionable character and well known within the Senegambia, Guinea and Mali region. He had two wives and six children, his first son Ishaq was to succeed him upon his death, but Sheriff, his second son, and his mother Awa, led Ishaq astray and planned to kill him. Maimuna, the Jinn who loves Ishaq, was afraid to tell him. But Mariama, a friend of Maimuna, also a Jinn, stepped into their relationship and made things more difficult for Maimuna - Provided by the publisher

This play details succession strife between sons and mothers in an African kingdom.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Scene One

2. Scene Two

3. Scene Three

4. Scene Four

5. Scene Five

6. Scene Six

7. Scene Seven

8. Scene Eight

9. Scene Nine

10. Scene Ten

11. Scene Eleven

12. Scene Twelve

13. Scene Thirteen

14. Scene Fourteen

15. Scene Fifteen

16. Scene Sixteen

17. Scene Seventeen

18. Scene Eighteen

19. Scene Nineteen

20. Scene Twenty

21. Scene Twenty-one

22. Scene Twenty-two.

ISBN:

9789789497133

978949713X

OCLC:

946463585

Publisher Number:

99989206606