Description
In a newly post-colonial nation, President Kongi launches a sweeping “five-year plan” to modernize Isma—only to find that progress cannot be engineered without confronting the spiritual and moral forces that govern everyday life. As Kongi seeks counsel from the revered King Danlola, the play stages a tense collision between authoritarian ambition and traditional authority, exposing how power justifies itself while fearing the very truths it tries to control. Through sharp dialogue and escalating political intrigue, the story interrogates themes of governance, cultural identity, corruption, and the uneasy bargain between ideology and belief. Written in Wole Soyinka’s incisive, confrontational style, this landmark drama uses satire and ritual to ask what a nation truly harvests when it pursues “development” at any cost.
Available Editions
paperback
Oxford University Press
Published Jan 1, 1971
90 pages
ISBN: 9780194185226
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Details
First Published
1967
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Kongi's Harvest by Wole Soyinka.