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Fourteen-year-old Aetu loves Atiba, but her father forces her to marry the influential Oke, who kills Atiba and rapes her. With a priest’s help, Aetu curses Oke’s household; after Oke dies, she is transferred among his kinsmen, and the play follows the consequences of her acts of vengeance and her eventual death.
Betrothed as a child to the deity Iyieke, Olanma later marries a prince and takes on traditionally male duties. When her family neglects Iyieke’s worship, Olanma resists the deity’s demand that she return as his wife, and her daughter ultimately sacrifices herself to protect the family.
Hajiya Bilikisu, enslaved as a child and denied the royal title promised to her, learns that her son was secretly exchanged with the queen’s stillborn child. When her son becomes emir, she gives her life to perform the blessing required for his survival.
Fourteen-year-old Aetu loves Atiba, but her father forces her to marry the influential Oke, who kills Atiba and rapes her. With a priest’s help, Aetu curses Oke’s household; after Oke dies, she is transferred among his kinsmen, and the play follows the consequences of her acts of vengeance and her eventual death.
Betrothed as a child to the deity Iyieke, Olanma later marries a prince and takes on traditionally male duties. When her family neglects Iyieke’s worship, Olanma resists the deity’s demand that she return as his wife, and her daughter ultimately sacrifices herself to protect the family.
Hajiya Bilikisu, enslaved as a child and denied the royal title promised to her, learns that her son was secretly exchanged with the queen’s stillborn child. When her son becomes emir, she gives her life to perform the blessing required for his survival.