Lion and the jewel novel5/28/2023 The final major character is Sadiku, the Lion's head wife. When in school he wears an old threadbare un-ironed English coat with tie and a waistcoat. In the meantime his priority is to stop the payment of dowry. Lakunle is a young (of twenty three years) bombastic teacher in the village who is bent on bestowing Western culture onto the people of Ilunjinle. He has several wives and is courting the love of Sidi, the village's Belle (the Jewel). Bale Baroka, is the Lion of Ilunjinle and its chief. As a result she sees herself as above anyone in the village including Bale Baroka, the Lion of Ilunjinle. Sidi is the Jewel: the village's belle whose beauty has been captured by a photographer and published in a magazine. In the Lion and the Jewel, Wole Soyinka tells a funny story - almost in style of the cunning Ananse folklores told in Ghana - involving four 'main' characters.
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