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Kongi's Harvest is a 1965 play written by Wole Soyinka. It premiered in Dakar, Senegal, at the first Negro Arts Festival in April 1966. It was later adapted as a film of the same name, directed by the American Ossie Davis. The play was ...
23 de dic. de 2021 · Kongi's Harvest by Soyinka, Wole. Publication date 1967 Topics African drama (English) Publisher London, Ibadan Oxford U ... English [5], 90 pages 19 cm President Kongi (Wole Soyinka), the dictator of an African developing nation, is trying to modernize his nation after deposing King Oba Danlola (Rasidi Onikoyi). The different tribes ...
6 de feb. de 2021 · Kongi's Harvest is a 1970 Nigerian film directed by Ossie Davis, from a screenplay by Wole Soyinka adapted from his 1965 play by the same name.[1][2] Soyinka...
Kongi's Harvest es una película nigeriana de 1970 dirigida por Ossie Davis, [1] a partir de un guion de Wole Soyinka adaptado de su obra de 1965 del mismo nombre. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Soyinka también protagonizó el papel principal como dictador de una nación africana.
President Kongi (Wole Soyinka), the dictator of an African developing nation, is trying to modernize his nation after deposing King Oba Danlola (Rasidi Onikoyi). The different tribes are resisting unification, so he tries to reach his goal by any means necessary, including forcing government officials to wear traditional African outfits and seeking advice from the man he deposed.
Other articles where Kongi’s Harvest is discussed: Wole Soyinka: …as The Strong Breed (1963), Kongi’s Harvest (opened the first Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, 1966; published 1967), The Road (1965), From Zia, with Love (1992), and even the parody King Baabu (performed 2001; published 2002), reveal his disregard for African authoritarian leadership and his disillusionment with Nigerian ...
Kongi's Harvest was directed by distinguished African-American, Ossie Davis. Fresh from directing the commercially successful film, "Cotton comes to Harlem" in 1969, Davis came to Nigeria full of enthusiasm to direct what would become the first film in Nigeria with a fully African cast. He also appeared as narrator in the early scenes.
