Nigerian don presents anti-terrorism play in US

A Nigerian lecturer, Pelumi Folajimi, has presented his unpublished drama manuscript, Terrorists Upon Us, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States.

The staged reading took place last Friday at the Students’ Union Building of the university.

In a statement, Folajimi said the play was written in the summer of 2024 to address the activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria.

He said the work condemns religious extremism, internal terrorism, political corruption and leadership failure, which he described as factors contributing to insecurity in the country.

Folajimi, a lecturer in Dramatic Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said he was on a visit to the United States at the time of the reading.

He noted that the event attracted scholars, including Emeritus Professor Ketu Katrak of the University of California, Irvine; Emeritus Professor Dorothy Odartey-Wellington of the University of Guelph, Canada; Professor Modupe Olaogun of York University, Canada; and Dr Joy Wrolson of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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