چکیده (انگلیسی):

The paper is a critical appraisal of Femi Osofisan’s artistic fusion of the Yoruba
myth of Moremi, a legendary figure in the history of Ile Ife, Nigeria and the history
of Agbekoya uprising to depict his Marxist ideology. The paper is also an archetypalhistorical critique of Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun. The paper notes and discusses
the playwright’s reliance on and employment of the archetypal heroism of Moremi
and the archetypal revolution, valour and courage demonstrated by the leader of the
Agbekoya uprising to protest against oppression andeconomic exploitation of the
poor and the downtrodden in the society. There is an obvious juxtaposition of the
capitalist ideology of the survival of the richest in the society with the Marxist
advocacy for the equitable distribution of the resources of the land. The paper
finally locates the play as a socio-economic satireon the alienation of the masses,
class stratification and the gross oppression and dehumanization of the poor in the
society.
Keywords:Osofisan, Morountodun, Myth, History, Satire, Marxism