Set in a small railway market town outside of Lagos, the action takes place during the course of a day while Baba Osa, the local pickpocket teams up for action with a guest comrade in arms. Deals with issues of corruption and socio cultural beliefs during the time when the Europeans where combing Africa for recruits to fight in the Second World War. 142pp, Nigeria. ADE-YEMI AJIBADE, 9782659847

2001 Paperback

Set in Islington, London, this play deals with the opening of the UK to Nigerians in the 1960s. The action takes place as Sam Folagunle is waiting for his young bride from his home country and the preparations for celebrations. 147pp, Nigeria. ADE-YEMI AJIBADE, 9782659894

2001 Paperback

A short two act play, a dialogue between two characters on the theme of survival. 62pp, UK. AMBER LANE PRESS, 1872868126

In 1688 the British writer and playwright Aphra Behn published her true history called Oroonoko: or The Royal Slave. It tells the story of an African prince, tricked into slavery and transported to the British colony of Surinam in South America. This adaptation by the Nigerian writer 'Biyi Bandele received its first production by the RSC in April 1999. 105pp, UK. AMBER LANE PRESS, 1872868258

Short play by the Nigerian writer first performed at the B.A.C., Battersea in 1995. 61pp, UK. AMBER LANE PRESS, 1872868150

Play first performed in London in 1994. 79pp, UK. AMBER LANE PRESS.

This play depicts the attempts of a journalist to investigate the disappearance of a group of schoolchildren arrested by the security police after a public demonstration in the Republic of Songhai. 70pp, UK. AMBER LANE PRESS, 187286810X

Two new scripts from the London based playwright. Brixton Stories is about an immigration lawyer in London. When he arrested for a crime he didn't commit, he is locked up with a triple lifer. In Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D is about three characters reaching for relationships. 80pp, UK. METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD, 0413771814

Play in which the past helps to explain the present. xi, 68pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780231323

The title play evokes the devilish machinations of a governor saddled with the responsibilities of maintaining law and order in a peaceful community. Violence, ha-tred, fear and rape are the hallmarks of his administration until he is consumed by a revolt of the people he governs. BNS, 176pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOKS LTD, 9780293051

Collects seven plays: Gluttony; Lechery or The Bet; The Loafer; The Cheat; Avarice; Envy; and Pride and Ambition or The Sun King. 226pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM.

The title play looks at how women of different nationalities and colours behave in expat-Nigerian society in the year following independence. The second play mirrors a drugs baron who sexually intimidates female undergraduates. 128pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM.

This play satirises the decay in the university system in Nigeria as symptomatic of larger social ills: prostitution, religious zeal and cultism, corruption and social injustice. In the drama, a young woman, Beatrice, is raped by a group of cultists. The perpetrators are brought to court. But as the judge turns out to be an aunt of one of the cultists, the court is corrupted as she bribes the police to release her nephew. 67pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC.

New edition of this allegorical play. The relegated man and woman of colour have been struggling to enter heaven, but they remain trapped as Sojourner Nkrumah’s (the black woman’s) Freedom Train is stalled at the crossroads of hell, heaven, and earth. Two heroes of the West, now determined to keep out unwelcome guests and terrorists from heaven, pose as the appointed police of the universe and block the gateway with their barricades: Aliens Crossing: Watch Out! Visa required for Entry! With the growing impediments, how will the race of colour get the key to heaven? The impasse sparks the Riot in Heaven. 85pp, NIGERIA. AFRICAN HERITAGE PRESS.

Drama centred on the struggle for identity, power and control, egulfing mothers and daughters in a modern city that is sharply split between the rich and poor. How do women cope in a world where their very survival is constantly challenged by unyielding social and economic forces? 116p, NIGERIA. AFRICANA LEGACY PRESS.

New play by a leading Nigerian playwright, dramatising the conflicts involved with personal and collective survival and renewal. An African-American woman takes her teenage son on a journey back to West Africa to find the son's father who abandoned them. BNS, 64pp, NIGERIA. AFRICANA LEGACY PRESS. 0962886432

This play from an award-winning dramatist is about a group of highly talented, educated but unemployed youths who feel wasted and betrayed by a government who has told them they must get an education to be employed. After their hard-earned degrees they cannot find any work. Worse still, the industries and jobs have migrated overseas as the government leaders collude with their powerful international business allies to exploit cheap labour. The youth form a group to create radical change but soon find they are facing their own internal crises. 94pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

This is an African retelling of Euripides: an unnervingly topical story of a people and a beloved city destroyed by the brutality of war. The play was first performed in Lagos in 2003 under the distinguished director Chuck Mike, and subsequently toured the UK. 87pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC.

Brings together three plays: Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels (1983), Red is the Freedom Road (1991), and Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen. Aringindin was first published in 1992. The version in this collection includes a new ending, first produced in 1999 after the end of Abacha's rule. 19pp, NIGERIA. OPON IFA READERS.

A play which looks at the machinery of oppression and takes the view that what has been created by man can also destroyed by man. The production includes songs in Yoruba, a glossary provides an English translation. 107pp, 1991. KENYA. EAST AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS.

In the first play, The Man who Walked Away, a principled and sensitive young man who has served a multi-national company for decades, is retrenched, with severe consequences for his self-respect and his family. In the second play, The Wedding Car, a corrupt businessman and politician exercises his ambition for his daughter to marry ostentatiously, though things do not go according to plan. 83pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC.

Winner of the 1991 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, the jury citation commented that the volume is 'a truly distinguished volume, which gives a new dimension to Niyi Osundare's deep social concerns. Vast in its range of images, the poetry is assured, passionate and at times intensely lyrical...represents an affirmation of confidence in the ultimate possibility of triumph over the stress of the present moment in Africa.' 97pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

1990 9782601403 Paperback

A recently published play from the prolific Nigerian poet, dramatist and literary critic, which testifies to the author's commitment to socially relevant art and artistic activism. The play tells the story of Yankeland, an imaginary African country, where the country's natural and donated wealth is in the hands of a few corrupt rulers in cahoots with the American military. The powerful prey on the exploited masses, whilst upholding a facade of god-fearing morality. The play is written in the style of street theatre and produces a biting satire on political authoritarianism and ignorance, which the author holds responsible for the backwardness of many African countries. First staged at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan in 1997 during the time of one of Nigeria's most repressive military dictatorships. BNS, 67pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED.

Two play scripts from the acclaimed author of THE ICARUS GIRL. In Aleph, Beth and Juniper's nightmare house, kindness is entrapment, and resurrection is a weapon. Aleph love/hates Beth, Beth love/hates Aleph, and all Juniper knows is that Beth can't seem to stop being murdered. Eve is unable to leave her student room but unable to bear staying in it. In harming herself she hopes to demonstrate her courage and independence to both herself and her friends. But her sister's arrival and need for her friendship forces her to face painful truths and to and to examine whether it is possible to temper emotional courage with the humanity to give and ask for aid. 73pp, UK. METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD.

Play set against the historical background of a late nineteenth century incident where settlers and the unsettled came into conflict. Print quality is sub-standard, but certainly legible. xvi, 134pp, NIGERIA. ONYOMA RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, 978232115X

Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex is transplanted to Nigeria as King Odewale progress towards knowledge of murder and incest. 72pp, UK. OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

1971 0199110808 Paperback

Four short plays. NIGERIA. SAROS.