That’s too much adjudication for one man, I know but… this book, the Lion and the Jewel is an exciting, wise, colorful and inspiring book. He tries to prove that he is educated but his education lacks substance despite his supposed vast knowledge of the city. He has no wisdom whatsoever in wooing a woman and/or marrying her in his village, Ilunjinle. That said, this is what I felt about the Lion and the Jewel by the Sagacious, Wole Soyinka, on reading it for the second time: She urged me to read it too but I remember very clearly that I did not like the book as a child either but as the stubborn yet compliant lady that I am, I decided to force myself to read the book by suggesting the book to my colleagues for the office’s monthly fun and relaxation plan. Now that she is much older, she read the book again and just oohed and aahed over the book. I will just call it a dry play written by a dry man, Soyinka.” -Opinion by Kemi Bonuola ,13, JS 3 C.D.S.S When reading it, I did not laugh at all so I can’t guarantee the fact that it is a comedy. The writer himself must be very dry and uninteresting to write such a boring local led comedy. “Question: What do you think about the book? I think it is a very boring book. I know this because right at the beginning of the book, I came across the following scribbles: The first time my sister, Kemi Bonuola read this book in JS 3 (equivalent to middle school in the U.S.A ), she obviously hated it. I can’t say if she gave any hints as to who the lion is and what jewel is Wole Soyinka even talking about? Can you figure it out? Luckily my sister came to my rescue with this review of The Lion and The Jewel by the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Hallo Readers! I have been really lazy about reading lately although I just picked up L.M Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables but I am reading it ever so slowly.

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