OKUKUMASI: The Strange Hand

In the time of Enibi, the wicked-smiling god of Okuku Kingdom, Okukumasi failed his ancestors for too numerous unknown reasons. If a sacrilege is committed, should another sacrilege be committed to avert the wrath of the gods?How can Priestess Enibi please the gods when things have fallen apart among the Elders and custodians of the tradition?Just when she knew the answers, they changed the questions!Okukumasi: The Strange Hand is an award-winning drama book that has been adapted into school stage plays in Africa since it was first published in Nigeria in 2014. . This thrilling play has been concisely written for the enjoyment of the general public and book clubs.Okukumasi: The Strange hand is an intriguing Play, a suspenseful Epic drama about conflicting cultures.In the heart of Africa are people with primitive culture of crying and smiling.People who greet the elephant good-morning and allow the toddlers play with theantelopes.People who frown at changes, like children frown at a tight fisted neighborA people with a thousand gods but millions of problemsA people who accept every phenomenon as a normality fostered by theirWicked-smiling godsA people who offer the best venison, cow-head, at the three-road junction underThe full glare of the midnight sunA people of semi-nude mothers! And fly-chasing nude childrenA people of prolific progeny undaunted by the patrolling team of povertyA people who age with incessant tilling of the parched mother-earth; and wild food search.A people whose mothers compare their children to the children of Orangutans—the civilized ape.A people whose dawn is welcomed by the creaking benches and croaking bedsA people whose cassava flour is oil-fried in the wide pot of the open flamesA people of frictional joy and skeletal glory.The Okuku people of the mountainous forest of EnibiWho shall remove this veil and salvage the Okuku people of Africa?Okukumasi, the strange hand is an intriguing play about the strange cultures of Africa and the meeting point with modernization by western cultures. Students of literature are now being examined by the evaluative questions at the end of this book. The rich glossary explains African words and other uncommon phrases used in the book hence, providing a deep understanding of this intriguing epic storyline.Hope Idieli has been applauded for writing one of the best drama books about African cultures and traditions.Buy now and read it! Read more