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Ayakoroma’s ‘Dance on His Grave’ will be read this evening at the
second edition of Arojah Royal Theatre’s monthly staged reading and
interactive session with playwrights. The event, holding at the Korean
Cultural Centre in Abuja, will start by 4pm.

The play written by
the executive secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation,
is about the quest of the women of Toru-Ama to take their rightful
place in the society. The interesting play examines issues including
women’s rights, domestic violence, and women in politics.

Though written some years ago, Ibadan-based publishing company, Kraft Books, recently re-issued the play.

Apart from today’s
reading, ‘Dance on His Grave’ will be staged in Abuja on March 8 and 9
by Arojah Royal Theatre and the Initiative for Women and Child
Development, as part of activities marking the 2011 International
Women’s Day.Director, National Council for Arts and Culture, Malgwim
Maidugu, will be the special guest of honour at the event while Tunde
Aremu, a journalist and development expert with Action Aid Nigeria,
will anchor the session.

Arojah Royal
Theatre’s play reading session debuted in October 2010 with Onukaba
Adinoyi Ojo’s ‘The Killing Swamp’ about the late environmental
activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was killed by the Sanni Abacha military
junta. It was later staged in Abuja to commemorate the 15th anniversary
of his death.“Aside from being another means of promoting the reading
culture, the session provides the opportunity to bring readers together
with the author for a more insightful interaction on the theatrics and
subject of selected plays,” noted Jerry Adesewo of Arojah Royal Theatre.

Ahmed Yerima’s ‘Kaffir’s Last Game’ will be read at the February edition of the session.