Dimeji Sodeke
Dimeji Sodeke is a Nigerian writer best known for his historical play Ooni Luwo: One Queen, Two Kings (2022).[1] He has published an anthology of poems, The Big Black Theory and two novels: The Gods of My Parents and Dwelling in the Belly of the Beast.[2]
Writing
Sodeke's Ooni Luwo: One Queen, Two Kings which explores the life of Queen Luwo, was published on 2 June 2022 by Bablo publishers, a small press in Abeokuta, Nigeria.[3] Bolu Babalola is the lead actor in the play of four languages: English, Yoruba, French, and Nigerian Pidgin. The Punch praised Sodeke's use of proverbs.[4] In 2024, his novel, Dwelling in the Belly of the Beast, was published.[5]
References
- ^ https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/07/01/dimeji-sodekes-ooni-luwo-where-radical-sovereignty-meets-defiance/
- ^ https://www.unesco.org/biennaleluanda/2021/en/dimeji-sodeke-interview
- ^ https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/07/01/dimeji-sodekes-ooni-luwo-where-radical-sovereignty-meets-defiance/
- ^ https://punchng.com/author-dimeji-sodeke-recreates-ooni-luwo-in-four-languages/
- ^ https://independent.ng/dwelling-in-the-belly-of-beast-philosophical-portrait-of-a-society-at-war-with-itself/