He was cursed from birth by the gods and in a bid to avert the curse from the gods ends up fulfilling his destiny by killing his father and marrying his mother. Odewale though brave and with the strength of a lion allowed his weakness lead to his downfall. It is about the destiny of the main character of the book, Odewale, who was predicted at birth to kill his father and marry his mother. The play opens with a prologue that shows in a mime the events of the past. It is interesting to note that the author got the plot of the story from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, a well known Greek author of literature. Rotimi interprets Sophocles’ story within the context of African culture, infusing his text with elements that are specific to the African tradition. ‘The gods Are Not To Blame’ is a classic play written by Ola Rotimi, which is a postcolonial interpretation of the canonic works of the Western culture, Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex”.
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