wedLock of the gods By Zulu Sofola
WEDLOCK OF THE GODS BY ZULU SOFOLU ANALYSIS BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Ogwoma, the widow has been forced by her parents to marry Adigwu because they needed money from her bride wealth to cure their son who was very sick. Ogwoma the victim of circumstance had nothing but hatred for Adigwu. She was very much in love with Uloko whom she could not marry because he did not have the money his parents needed. Fortunately for her the loathed husband died and she considers herself freed from whatever bands them together. Rather than complete the period of mourning and be inherited by her husband’s brother in the tradition of levitation, she became pregnant by her lover who eternally holds her heart. Taboos are broken, her parental families are disgraced and her mother-in-law was filled with a sense of vengeance for her son who she believed was intentionally killed so that both lovers might have their way. The play reveals Odibei searching seriously for the medicine Ogwoma used ...