BLOOMBREED MONTESSORI SCHOOL PRESENTS MOROUNTODUN IN YEAR 2016 END OF YEAR CHRISTMAS PARTY.
About the Play
The play Morountodun, which translated in English means ‘I have found a sweet thing’, is an interesting theatrical text written in 1983 by renowned Nigerian playwright, Prof. Femi Osofisan.
ImageThe play relives the ancient myth of Moremi, the queen of Ile-Ife, who during the civil war was said to have offered herself to be captured by the enemy (the Igbos) so as to infiltrate their camp and ascertain their secret in battle to ensure her people’s (the Yoruba) victory in the war. This she succeeded in accomplishing hence ensuring her people’s victory in the war.
Morountodun, set in the Western part of Nigeria, focuses on the Agbekoya uprising in which farmers who are thought to be docile rise to fight the government over the stiff taxes imposed on them.
The wealthy are referred to as the cause of this uprising and in a bid to put an end to the rumours, Titubi, a young and rich lady, decides to infiltrate the camp of the rebel farmers who are demanding their rights in order to find out the farmers’ plan and bring their leader to the authorities. She sets off on this suicidal mission against her mother’s wish. On this mission, Titubi discovers the trials which the peasants (poor farmers) face and also finds love as she falls in love with their leader. She becomes the catalyst that brings about the end of the war. Morountodun, is the new name given to her by her love.
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