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The Road is a play written by [[Wole Soyinka]] a [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] playwright, [[poet]] and director in 1965<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Road {{!}} play by Soyinka {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Road-play-by-Soyinka |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>. The play is based on activities of the road side. A popular workshop where car parts are sold, Aksident Store. The drivers discuss about their experiences during incidents on the road.
== Plot ==
Samson, a driver's assistant, and Salubi, a teenage driver without a license, are talking about the benefits of their employment inside the store. While Salubi works for himself and only accepts lone passengers, Samson is employed by Kotonu, who operates an unofficial bus that was modified from a truck. Soon, Kotonu and the professor join the discussion. Since he stopped driving after a serious [[accident]], Kotonu has been working with Professor; nevertheless, Professor is confused and does not recognize Samson. Salubi is attempting to obtain the license of Kotonu. In his conversation, the professor comes across as much more of a religious fanatic than a [[Businessperson|businessman]] because he seems to think he can comfort the spirits of the dead. To see a collision scene, he departs with Kotonu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Road Summary - eNotes.com |url=https://www.enotes.com/topics/road-wole-soyinka |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=eNotes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gibbs |first=James |date=1995 |title=The Writer and the Road: Wole Soyinka and Those Who Cause Death by Dangerous Driving |url=https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=146395425 |journal=Journal of Modern African Studies |language=en |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=469–498}}</ref>
Although Professor is not a clergyman, he had previously preached in a church near the shop. Samson explains to Salubi why Professor departed following a dispute with the bishop that caused a church wall to collapse while they listen to the organ music. Samson forces Kotonu to admit to assisting Professor steal components from the damaged cars so they may be sold in the shop when he gets back from the disaster scene.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Analysis of the road |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343156352_Wole_Soyinka's_The_Road_as_an_intertext |url-status=live}}</ref>
At Aksident Store, where Professor also sells palm wine, a number of jobless drivers and assistants congregate. These "layabouts" have been brought together by Say-Tokyo-Kid to form a gang that is hired to provide security or provoke violence at political events. Particulars Joe, the local police officer, comes to pick up his bribes, and Chief-in-Town, the local [[politician]], stops by to hire the gang. Three men enter the shop seeking for certain auto components. Samson and Salubi approach Professor as he arrives, asking to copy a fake driver's license from Kotonu, who has since stopped driving. Salubi's sacrilegious wording infuriates the professor, who then dismisses them. Later on, he had a change of heart and accepts the fake.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maledo |first=Richard |date=2011-01-01 |title=Structure and meaning in Soyinka's • works: a case study of The Road |url=https://www.academia.edu/50970600/Structure_and_meaning_in_Soyinkas_works_a_case_study_of_The_Road |journal=Journal of the Literary Society of Nigeria. Vol.3 No. 1}}</ref>
== Reference ==
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[[Category:1965 plays]]
Okumaya devam et...
The Road is a play written by [[Wole Soyinka]] a [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] playwright, [[poet]] and director in 1965<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Road {{!}} play by Soyinka {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Road-play-by-Soyinka |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>. The play is based on activities of the road side. A popular workshop where car parts are sold, Aksident Store. The drivers discuss about their experiences during incidents on the road.
== Plot ==
Samson, a driver's assistant, and Salubi, a teenage driver without a license, are talking about the benefits of their employment inside the store. While Salubi works for himself and only accepts lone passengers, Samson is employed by Kotonu, who operates an unofficial bus that was modified from a truck. Soon, Kotonu and the professor join the discussion. Since he stopped driving after a serious [[accident]], Kotonu has been working with Professor; nevertheless, Professor is confused and does not recognize Samson. Salubi is attempting to obtain the license of Kotonu. In his conversation, the professor comes across as much more of a religious fanatic than a [[Businessperson|businessman]] because he seems to think he can comfort the spirits of the dead. To see a collision scene, he departs with Kotonu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Road Summary - eNotes.com |url=https://www.enotes.com/topics/road-wole-soyinka |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=eNotes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gibbs |first=James |date=1995 |title=The Writer and the Road: Wole Soyinka and Those Who Cause Death by Dangerous Driving |url=https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=146395425 |journal=Journal of Modern African Studies |language=en |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=469–498}}</ref>
Although Professor is not a clergyman, he had previously preached in a church near the shop. Samson explains to Salubi why Professor departed following a dispute with the bishop that caused a church wall to collapse while they listen to the organ music. Samson forces Kotonu to admit to assisting Professor steal components from the damaged cars so they may be sold in the shop when he gets back from the disaster scene.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Analysis of the road |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343156352_Wole_Soyinka's_The_Road_as_an_intertext |url-status=live}}</ref>
At Aksident Store, where Professor also sells palm wine, a number of jobless drivers and assistants congregate. These "layabouts" have been brought together by Say-Tokyo-Kid to form a gang that is hired to provide security or provoke violence at political events. Particulars Joe, the local police officer, comes to pick up his bribes, and Chief-in-Town, the local [[politician]], stops by to hire the gang. Three men enter the shop seeking for certain auto components. Samson and Salubi approach Professor as he arrives, asking to copy a fake driver's license from Kotonu, who has since stopped driving. Salubi's sacrilegious wording infuriates the professor, who then dismisses them. Later on, he had a change of heart and accepts the fake.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maledo |first=Richard |date=2011-01-01 |title=Structure and meaning in Soyinka's • works: a case study of The Road |url=https://www.academia.edu/50970600/Structure_and_meaning_in_Soyinkas_works_a_case_study_of_The_Road |journal=Journal of the Literary Society of Nigeria. Vol.3 No. 1}}</ref>
== Reference ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1965 plays]]
Okumaya devam et...