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

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