The author speaks on the controversy surrounding the dramatic narrative of the play.
Saka Aliyu, popularly known as Sakky Jojo, is a Nigerian playwright best known for writing the historical play, ‘Afonja’ Saka Aliyu, popularly known as Sakky Jojo, is a Nigerian playwright best known for writing the historical play, ‘Afonja’ and a prose ‘Altine’ .
UJ: Your canons of the play, in particular, use of ‘context’ instead of ‘Act’ is unique, can you share light on this?Variety, they say, is the spice of life. I was being innovative stylistically there. I was used to the ‘acts’ and ‘scenes’ myself. Then I noticed some playwrights using ‘movements’ and I was intrigued. I thought what a way not to be clichéy. So when I started writing Afonja, in the final round, I decided why not use something different and I thought ‘context’ is most apt.
They were the most splendid and ambitious. Unfortunately, I could not attend the performance due to my busy schedule. A friend represented me and he was most impressed as well. I feel I owe the school a great deal for the honour done to me. I had sent some copies to Ibadan for sale and it was from those copies that one was bought and used to stage the play.
With all modesty, you will need to be widely read to critically engage with the play. What I brought to bear on the play is the whole of my lived experience. It had taken me 18 years to finally finish the play and get it published and it was 15 years since I published any work.Yes, very much so, and vice versa!
I particularly used proverbs, allusions to Yoruba medicinal practice, coded communications, incantatory, Islamic jurisprudence, and the multiculturalism that have been part of the Ilorin milieu since the era in which the play was set. You will see the play spiced up with four languages apart from English in which it is written.I enjoyed writing the play, though it had taken me longer than it should. But that has its blessings.
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