Neither Lakunle nor Baroka is an ideal groom for Sidi, Wole Soyinka’s jewel. Lakunle, the “modern” schoolteacher, is obsessed with Western mimicry that borders on farce; and Baroka, the aging chief, is as cunning as he is undeniably a hypocrisy. Neither offers a fairytale ending. Yet Soyinka�
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