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Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by lalasticlala(m): 7:49am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi (13 April 1938 – 18 August 2000), was one of Nigeria's leading playwrights and theatre directors. He has been called "a complete man of the theatre – an actor, director, choreographer and designer – who created performance spaces, influenced by traditional architectural forms." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ola_Rotimi 13 Likes
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Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by justi4jesu(f): 7:50am On Apr 13, 2017 |
"The gods are not to blame" very interesting novel in my secondary school days.. This drama will forever be one of my all time favorite and not to talk of its beautiful quotes Some proverbs i can remember after we acted the play. It is sickness that man can cure, not death When the frog in front falls in pit, others behind take caution By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from tree to tree without falling. Until the rotten tooth is pulled out, the mouth must chew with caution. "My people. Children of our fathers. Sickness is like rain. Does the rain fall on one roof alone? No. Does it fall on one body and not on another? No. Whoever the rain sees, on him it rains. Does it not? It is the same with sickness." 91 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Adieza(m): 7:51am On Apr 13, 2017 |
hbd to him 1 Like |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by pyyxxaro: 8:21am On Apr 13, 2017 |
The Gods are not to blame Now The Gods are to Blame 1 Like |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Azeequeen(f): 9:11am On Apr 13, 2017 |
You cannot avert your destiny You will kill your father and marry your mother and it came to pass The gods are not to blame still remains one of my favourite African novel till date 33 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Godprotectigbo5(f): 9:32am On Apr 13, 2017 |
nice novel |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Nobody: 9:33am On Apr 13, 2017 |
One of my best novels after "Things Fall Apart". 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by paschal47(m): 9:34am On Apr 13, 2017 |
A rear one! Today is my day, please show some love. Happy birthday to me 29 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Lyzbet: 9:34am On Apr 13, 2017 |
A well written adaptation. One of its kind. |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by hotspec(m): 9:34am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Dt novel rocks 1 Like |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Brianpat(m): 9:35am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Ola Rotimi was a colossus of the theater. May he continue to rest in peace. 4 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Doro55: 9:35am On Apr 13, 2017 |
AFONJAS EVERY WHERE 2 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by adelakay(m): 9:35am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Alabi is not to be blamed |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by hotspec(m): 9:36am On Apr 13, 2017 |
danielicon:My instinct tells ma dt one MOD will soon ban u till 2099 3 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Julietcutie(f): 9:36am On Apr 13, 2017 |
rip sir... I loved your book |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Mcowubaba: 9:36am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Great man... Legend.. Respect sir.. Rest on sir |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by lammsohiman(m): 9:37am On Apr 13, 2017 |
pyyxxaro:chai! See blasphemy, dia riz God o |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by CheezyCharles(m): 9:37am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Doro55:i'm not an afonja but why are u filled with so much hate? visit the nearest lagoon! 10 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Koval12(m): 9:37am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Legend. I remember the super story edition. 3 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by madridguy(m): 9:37am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Long live Sir. |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Nobody: 9:38am On Apr 13, 2017 |
I read the play back in secondary school.Interesting play.Adapted from an ancient Greek legend |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Splashme: 9:39am On Apr 13, 2017 |
1) Speak .........for the cooking pot for the chameleon is also the cooking pot for the lizard 2) A butterfly thinks himself a bird 3) All lizards lie prostrate: how can a man tell which lizard suffers from bellyache? 4) Is it not ignorance that makes the rat attack the cat 5) The hyena flirts with the hen, the hen is happy, not knowing that her death has come. 6) The lion's liver is vain wish for dogs 7) Because the farm-owner is slow to catch the thief, the thief calls the farm-owner thief. The mangrove tree dwells in the river, but does that make it a crocodile? 9) Can the cockroach be innocent in a gathering of fowls? 10) The toad likes water, but not when the water is boiling 11) Secrets of the owl must not be known in daylight 12) When the wood-insect gathers sticks on its own head it carries them R.I.P sir, you really brightened our childhood with that book xx xx xx 21 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by kunyeo(m): 9:39am On Apr 13, 2017 |
[ It is a play sir,not a novel! quote author=justi4jesu post=55524556]"The gods are not to blame" very interesting novel in my secondary school days.. This drama will forever be one of my all time favorite and not to talk of its beautiful quotes Some proverbs i can remember after we acted the play. It is sickness that man can cure, not death When the frog in front falls in pit, others behind take caution By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from tree to tree without falling. Until the rotten tooth is pulled out, the mouth must chew with caution. [/quote] |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Tolulopefinest(m): 9:39am On Apr 13, 2017 |
He also wrote OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN 4 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by advocatebaba(m): 9:39am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Buhari is not 2b blame. |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by iphiechuks: 9:41am On Apr 13, 2017 |
D chicken eats corn, drinks water, swallow pebbles yet complains of having no teeth. If she had teeth, won't she eat gold? Let's ask d cow day has teeth yet eat only grass! Is it not ignorance that makes d rat attack d cat? 8 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Doro55: 9:42am On Apr 13, 2017 |
CheezyCharles:i know a Goat will be the first to reply |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Nobody: 9:42am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Ola Rotimi....men like these made me fall in love with literature.. "It is always best to keep your words soft and sweet, you might never know when you'd have to eat them" "Kola nut indeed, last longer in the mouth of the one who cherish it". "Is it not ignorance that makes the rat attack the cat?" "The toad likes water, but not when the water is boiling" My people. Children of our fathers. Sickness is like rain. Does the rain fall on one roof alone? No. Does it fall on one body and not on another? No. Whoever the rain sees, on him it rains. Does it not? It is the same with sickness." "The horn cannot be too big for the cow to carry on it's head" True African proverbs. Rest on Sir. 3 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by thirty1(m): 9:44am On Apr 13, 2017 |
Brianpat: |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by CzarChris(m): 9:45am On Apr 13, 2017 |
the book "Gods are not to blame" is a plagiarized version of the Greek mythological story of Oedipus who killed his father and married his mother. Originality is always an issue. 4 Likes |
Re: Ola Rotimi's 79th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by chuksjuve(m): 9:45am On Apr 13, 2017 |
OK |
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