Ola Rotimi - List of Works

List of Works

Books that contain his significant contributions (see notes for more information) are marked with a percentage(%); Conference publications are marked with an asterisk (*); thesis or disectations are marked with a dagger (†) below.

Plays and Literature

• Kurunmi
• The Gods Are Not To Blame
• Ovọnramwẹn Nọgbaisi
• Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again
• Holding Talks
• If: A Tragedy of the ruled
• Understanding "The Gods Are Not to Blame"
• Hopes of the Living Dead
• Viandanti della storia%
• African Dramatic Literature
• Playwriting and Directing in Nigeria
• The Epilogue

Books, Essays & Political Commentary

Books

• A Dictionary of Nigerian Pidgin English: with an intoductory survey of the history, linguistics and socio-literary functions
• Introduction to Nigerian literature%
• The Living Culture of Nigeria%
• A translation of the play "The Gods Are Not to Blame" into Setswana†
• Statement towards August '83-
• The Masquerade in Nigerian history and culture*%
• An interview (1975) with Ola Rotimi, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ifẹ, Ile Ifẹ
• Diversity of Creativity in Nigeria*
• African Theatre in Performance%
• Akassa you mi
• Issues in African Theatre

Articles

• "Conversation with Ola Rotimi"
• "How the kingfisher learned fear"
• "Review of: Kiabàrà: Journal of the Humanities 1" (June 1978)
• "Through whom the spirits breathe"
• "The trials of African literature"
• "Everyone his/her own problem"
• "No direction home"

Archival material and ebooks

Archival material

• Papers*
• African Papers, 1963, 1968-1989
• Gbe'ku De:pièce en 1 acte

ebooks

• Initiation into Madness
• Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again
• If
• Holding Talks
• Hopes of the Living Dead
• Grip Am
• Akassa you mi
• Kurunmi
• Ovonramwen Nogbaisi