Character of swamp dweller

1. Devika Boricha
Maharaja krishnakumarsinhji bvn uni
Sem 4
Topic : characters of swamp Dweller
African literature
devikaboricha08@gmail.com

2. Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1986, distinguishing him as the first
African to that honor.
His political activism receive during and
after the Nigerian independence
struggles informs much of his writing,
including his first major drama,
The Swamp Dwellers, which debuted in
1958. A short play that stages one day in
the life of an impoverished Nigerian
family, The Swamp Dwellers concerns
the fallen fortunes of young Igwezu.
ABOUT THE WRITER

3.  Alu
 Awchike
 Kadiye
 Desala
 Igwezu
 The Beggar
 Desala
 Igwezu
 Awchike
 There are the three
main character of
SWAMP DWELLER

4.  We can see tradition ,
individual, and
modernity in this one
act play
 Characters of ALU and
MAKURI presenting
Tradition .
 Characters of IGWEZU
and THE BEGGAR
presenting
individuality.
 Character of DESALA
and AWCHIKE
presenting modernity.

5. Alu
..........
Alu is the wife of Makuri. They have twin sons, one
who has left and made money for himself in the
city and the other, Igwezu who has returned home
to the village.
She is a woman who believes her son to be dead,
and has believed it for a decade as he has not
returned.
Accustomed to the ways of the village, she stands
by the traditions of her people and the land.

6. Makuri
............
Makuri is married to Alu and they have twin boys.
His profession is a barber in the village. A trade
which he taught to his son, Igwezu.
He is a man who believes deeply in his village's
deity the Serpent of the Swamp.
He and his wife bicker their days away as he
cannot stand her constantly believing that one of
their sons is dead, when he knows he isn't.

7. Igwezu
............
Igwezu is one of the twins which belong to Makuri and Alu. He
has just returned from the city where his wife left him for his
twin brother.
There, Igwezu also lost all of his money and went into debt to his
brother.
He has returned and accuses Kabiye, the village priest of
consuming his sacrifices for wealth and marriage prior to his
journey to the city. That because of this he has lost his wife, his
money, and his dignity.

8. A Beggar
...............
The Beggar appears in the story in search of any land that he
can make his own.
He is blind, but believes he has healing in the work of his hands
and can make any soil fertile once more. He believes in Allah,
which is not the god of the village.
He becomes Igwezu's bondsman as he desires to serve him in
order to help him work the land of his parents in the village.
He also senses that Kabiye is a man who is fat, as his voice
indicates that he eats much food.

9. Desala
.............
Desala does not appear in the play as a character but she is spoken
off Desala is the corrupt nature of the city life.
The character also echoes the materialistic attitude of city dweller
Desala marries Igwezu.Igwezu later becomes poor owing to bad
returns from his business.
Desala found Awuchike prospering in his business so Desala leaves
Igwezu and marries Awuchike it shows how city life has become
morally void.

10. Thank you….....