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Bode Sowande

1948-Present Day

Biography

Bode Sowande is a Nigerian playwright, director and novelist. He was a founding member of the Ori Olukun Acting Company. Sowande’s first succesful work was the trilogy
comprising of The Night Before, Farewell to Babylon and Flamingoes (1972-82). These plays deal with the totalitarian state and with problems of loyalty and leadership among a radical group.

Productions

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Year: 1995

Staged in: Royal Court Theatre

Flamingo

Flamingo

Year: 1992

Afamako - The Workhorse

Afamako - The Workhorse

Year: 1995

Publications

Tornadoes Full of Dreams

Tornadoes Full of Dreams

Year: 01/01/1990

Publisher: Malthouse Press

Flamingo and Other Plays

Flamingo and Other Plays

Year: 01/01/1986

Publisher: Longman

Farewell to Babylon and Other Plays

Farewell to Babylon and Other Plays

Year: 01/01/1987

Publisher: Longman

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