When it is revealed by the Ogun Priest that Ojuola is, in fact, Odewale's mother, she goes to her bedroom and kills herself.Īderopo: Brother of Odewale, and son of King Adetusa and Ojuola. As the queen of the kingdom of Kutuje, she finds herself serving as Odewale's conscience, calming him when he begins to act irrationally. She was given a prophecy, along with King Adetusa, that their child, Odewale, would one day grow up to usurp the thrown, killing his father and marry his mother. She is the mother of six children: two under King Adetusa (Odewale and Aderepo), and four under King Odewale (Adewale, Adebisi, Oyeyemi, Adeyinka). Along with the Ogun Priest, it is revealed to him that the old king was his father, and that Ojuola was his mother. Odewale is confronted by Gbonka, a messenger, who tells of the event that lead to King Adetusa's end.
He is found and picked up by a farmer hunter Ogundele and raised by him along with his wife Mobe.
Instead, he is wrapped in a white cloth ( symbolizing death) and left in a bush far from Kutuje. To prevent this from occurring, King Adetusa orders for Odewale to be killed. Similar in nature to the Greek play, Oedipus Tyrannus his royal parents receive a prophecy from Baba Fakunle that Odewale would grow up to kill his parents. The manner in which he kills his father is revealed in a flashback when his childhood friend, Alaka, comes to Kutuje to ask him why he was not in the village of Ede as he said he would be when he departed at age thirteen. Odewale: The king of Kutuje, who had risen to power by unknowingly murdering the old king, King Adetusa, whom, also not to his knowledge, was his father. This article focuses specifically on the 1968 play. Rotimi's play has been celebrated on two counts: at first scintillating as theatre and later accruing a significant literary aura. This reworking of Oedipus Rex was part of the African Arts (Arts d'Afrique) playwriting contest in 1969. The novel is set in an indeterminate period of a Yoruba kingdom.
An adaptation of the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, the story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to somehow get caught up in a somewhat consanguineous trail of events by the gods of the land.
The Gods Are Not To Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi.
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