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About the book

Every human society has its own procedure of governance, a balanced relationship/ contract between the rulers and the ruled; it is a mechanism which ensures that social cohesion is forged and translated into progressive development. If, and when this procedure and/or mechanism is trampled upon or put in disrepute by greed and treachery, the tragic reality can best be imagined. Indeed, it is this dislocation that ONCE UPON AN ELEPHANT dramatizes. The play chimes as an engaging piece of theatre, historical reality and socio-political metaphor, which touches on the Nigerian life and with palpable vividness as a commentary on the seeming unending leadership/followership crisis of the African Continent.

About the Author

Bosede Funke Ademilua-Afolayan is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Lagos. She is the author of Look Back in Gratitude and Once Upon an Elephant, first published by Kraftbooks, lbadan. Her first collection of poems is entitled “Conversations” published by Malthouse, Lagos in 2022. She edited a collection of essays entitled Nigerian Female Dramatists: Expression, Resistance, Agency, in 2021, published by Routledge. Ademilua-Afolayan is also a Commonwealth Fellow. Her areas of specialisation include comparative drama, African literature, women’s studies, creative writing and Nollywood studies. She can be reached at afolayanbosede@gmail.com.