Bode Sowande

Bode Sowande (born 2 May 1948) is a Nigerian writer and dramatist, known for the theatric aesthetic of his plays about humanism and social change. He comes from a breed of writers in Nigeria that favors a post-traditional social and political landscape where the individual is the creator and maker of his own history not just the subject of norms and tradition. Sowande is a member of the so-called second generation of Nigerian playwrights, who favor a much more political tone in their writing and seek to promote an alliance or acquiescence to a change in the status quo and fate of the common man and farmers who constitute the majority of the Nigerian society.[1] Some members of this groups includes: Zulu Sofola, Femi Osofisan and Festus Iyayi. Bode Sowande in May 2010, launched a tarot website .See also

He runs the Drama group ODU THEMES, established in 1972, and BODE SOWANDE THEATRE ACADEMY, an internship programme for dramatists. He is married, with children.

Works

Six Radio plays broadcast on BBC African drama programmes; [1975-1996]

Bar Beach Prelude,
Get a Pigeon from Trafalgar Square,
Beggars Choice,
A Dream from the sun,
Alarm on Lagoon Street,
Regina's Golden Goal.

Odu Themes weekly Television programmes, Western Nigeria Television [ now NTA, Ibadan.]1973- 1978. Television drama series, 'Acada Campus', NIGERIA TELEVISION AUTHORITY [network ], 1981,1982.

FLAMINGO, 13 part television serial, Oyo State Broadcasting Service,1983

WITHOUT A HOME, TV 13 episode serial, Oyo State Broadcasting Service, 1984

Notes

  1. Osita Okagbue, African Writers Vol. 2 1997

References

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