Memorable Quotes from Femi Osofisan’s “Women of Owu”

December 18, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

Women of Owu by Femi Osofisan is a play about the destruction of the ancient Owu Kingdom after seven years of siege by the allied forces of Ife, Ijebu, and the Oyo mercenaries. The city is burnt to rubble, the men and children are killed, the shrines of the gods are desecrated, and the surviving widows are displaced from the ruins of the city into slavery.