Woyengi by obotunde ijimere biography

  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORKS – Obotunde Ijimere.
  • Based on an Ijaw tale.
  • Woyengi is the female deity in Ijo mythology who created humanity.

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    Woyengi

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    Woyengi is the female deity in Ijo mythology who created humanity. She molded human dolls from mud and breathed life into them. The dolls then chose their destinies, such as gender, blessings, and occupations, and were sent down either a calm or torrential stream depending on their choices. Two sisters chose different destinies - one to have many children and the other to wield magic powers. However, the latter regretted her choice and sought to change her destiny, destroying others along the way, but Woyengi refused her request.

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    Woyengi Study Guide

    STUDY GUIDE
    ON
    WOYENGI
    by
    Obotunde Ijimere
    (With Context Questions for Revision)

    CONTENTS

    Preface

    WOYENGI

    About the Author and his Works

    Setting

    Structure and Summary of the Plot

    Dramatis Personae

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    Section 7………………………………………………………………….

    Themes ………………………………………………………………….

    PREFACE

    Woyengi in the Imprisonment of Obatala and other plays by Obotunde Ijimere is a very
    instructive play that is examinable in secondary schools by the Examination Council of
    Zambia. The notes on this play are instrumental in answering context questions. That
    been the case, the learners will find it helpful in their studies.

    This play is a very entertaining work of literature that takes you on the plane of fantasy
    and magical world of the gods. Based on the generic nature of Literature, an extensive
    analysis of the play has been done coupled with context questions for revision. Thi

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    Ogboinba

    Mythological figure in Ijaw culture

    Ogboinba is a mythical sorceress who appears in the folklore of the Ijo (Ijaw) people of Nigeria. She fryst vatten noted for attempting to use her supernatural powers to utmaning Woyengi, the supreme deity of the Ijo, into changing her chosen fate of childlessness. While escaping Woyengi's anger, she enters the eyes of a pregnant woman, and remains trapped there.[1][2] The Ijo say that when you look into the eyes of another person, it is Ogboinba who looks back at you.

    In literature

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    The story of Ogboinba has been adapted and discussed bygd several Nigerian writers. In the play Woyengi bygd Obotunde Ijimere (a pseudonym for Ulli Beier), Ogboinba appears as the antagonist, coming into conflict with powerful spirits in her quest to change her fate.[3]Isidore Okpewho expands on the traditional motifs of the myth in his book Myth in Africa.[4] Titus-Green notes that the myth of Ogboinba hiding in