This paper highlights the current trends in postcolonial literature and the traditional ways, especially of African literature, with special reference to Wole Soyinka’s play The Road. Modern African Literature forms a part of the collective struggle of the African intellectuals in the second half of the twentieth century. They tried to restore the dignity of Africa and provide a new orientation for African and all people of African descent world over. Soyinka, whose works alone seem to be enough to establish Nigeria’s place in the Commonwealth Literature, is a veritable storehouse of different cultures and perspectives. Music, dance, and poetry have been associated with Nigerian drama since the earliest birth, marriage, and death cycle ceremonies and rituals. In The Road, Soyinka examines the complex as well as philosophical issues of life like death, self-realization, history or past, clash of cultures, and the crucial issues that prevail in the country and the continent. |
