the african literature, religious hypocrisy,

3. Introduction

4. Wole Soyinka

5. Religious Hypocrisy in the play
• Kadiye indicates the blunt exexposition
Of the religious hypocrisy.
• A priest :
- Currupt
- Self centered
- A villain / Voluminous creature
- Smooth Faced
- Fingers are ringed
- Considers him as a ‘Godfather’
- Desyroys people
- Threatens people

6. Religion and Kadiye Both are Same
• Blunt
• Smooth faced
• Tries to control
• Destroys
• Gives unnecessary pain
• Makes Docile
• Exploits
• Discriminates
• Keeps away from truth
• According to Lenin :
Religion- opiate of the masses

7. Tragic Situation of Igwezu and also of his
parents ….
• Kadiye makes them fool.
• Igwezu loses everything.
• Parents remains under the control
Of Kadiye.
• They gets stuck in life.

8. Religion in Current situation

9. Where Igwezu go In the end…. ?
• According to me…
- He doesn’t do suicide
- Goes away from the so called idea of religion
- Strives to make land fertile again

10. Conclusion
• To sum up, We can say that the whole
idea of Religion is to control others.
• It keeps people away from reality.
• Mostly it works in a culturally
and economically backward society.
• One who looks towards progressive
(with humanity ) universe, they should
stay away from
“ Kadiye”.

11. References
• http://www.literary-articles.com/2009/02/character-of-kaiye-in-
sawmp-dwellers.html?m=1
• https://www.gradesaver.com/the-swamp-dwellers