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"Oba Koso" : Nigerian Music and Dance Drama.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yoruba (African people)--Music.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Folk songs, Yoruba--Nigeria.
- Folk songs, Yoruba.
- Folk dance music--Nigeria.
- Folk dance music.
- Yoruba drama.
- Yoruba (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Folk music, Nigeria.
- Yoruba--Nigeria--Music.
- Yoruba.
- Genre:
- Filmed performances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (30 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Duro Ladipo's National Theater of Nigeria, The Yoruba Musical "Oba Koso", performance and commentary
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Creative Arts Television, 2007.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Excerpts from "Oba Koso", the famous folkloric Nigerian drama-musical-dance play about a wicked man who tries to overthrow the king, performed by the celebrated National Theater of Nigeria directed by Duro Ladipo. In this drama the king resists all the magical power of his enemies and becomes the thunder god or god of magic, still recognized in Nigeria by the Yoruba tribe today. Commentary by drama critic Margaret Croyden. 1975.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed November 13, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 934522125
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