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020 _a978-978-029-742-8
100 _aSoyinka, Wole
245 4 _aThe Jero Plays
260 _bSpectrum Books Ltd
260 _c1964
300 _a95
520 _aThis volume contains two short plays about Jeroboam, the rather less than holy West African 'beach divine'. In the original comedy The Trials of Brother Jero, the charlatan preacher, burdened by a cross daughter of Eve, uses Christian superstition for his own salvation. In the new sequel, Jero Metamorphosis, the profit-minede prophet thwarts a government attempt to cleanse the beach of all the dubious brethren who ply their trade there...
650 _aDrama
650 _aPlays
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