The Mudskippers - Omoko, Peter E.
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The Mudskippers dramatises the socio-political malaise that constitutes the political bedrock of Nigeria and other African states. The play illuminates a significant contemporary Nigerian predicament, which is the problem of unexecuted contracts in its bloody propensity. The play reveals the complicit roles played by the government officials in the unending crises bedevilling the infrastructural decay that have become entrenched in all sectors of the Nigerian social and political space. It can also be read as a morality tale which seeks to restrain politicians from dispossessing the people they are meant to govern.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
The Mudskippers dramatises the socio-political malaise that constitutes the political bedrock of Nigeria and other African states. The play illuminates a significant contemporary Nigerian predicament, which is the problem of unexecuted contracts in its bloody propensity. The play reveals the complicit roles played by the government officials in the unending crises bedevilling the infrastructural decay that have become entrenched in all sectors of the Nigerian social and political space. It can also be read as a morality tale which seeks to restrain politicians from dispossessing the people they are meant to govern.
Autorenporträt
Peter E. Omoko is a playwright/scholar who teaches African oral literature, creative writing, African and European literatures at the Department of English, Delta State College of Physical Education, Mosogar Delta State-Nigeria and whose research interest focuses on translation, fieldwork/folklore studies, popular songs and African drama. He has published in a wide range of scholarly journals, as well as several national and international essay collections. He currently serves as the Membership Secretary of the Nigerian Oral Literature Association (NOLA), Associate Editor, Nigerian Journal of Oral Literature and Assistant Marketing Editor, ARIDON: The International Journal of Urhobo Studies. He is currently a Doctoral student at the Department of English and Literary Studies, Delta State University, Abraka. He is the author of the book, A Companion to Literature (2014). Omoko is also an award-winning playwright. His published plays include Battles of Pleasure (2009), Three Plays (an anthology of plays, 2010), Uloho (2013), Crude Nightmen (2015) and Majestic Revolt (2016).