AJAYI CROWTHER: THE TRIUMPHS AND TRAVAILS OF A LEGEND (2006) – Femi OSOFISAN

Born in 1809, Samuel Ajayi Crowther rose through slavery to become the first black Bishop for West Africa. Ajayi Crowther… elevates the last painful years of this legendary missionary's life to the theatrical space, opening up the bitterness and ill-health that marked that phase of his long, eventful life.

Femi Osofisan has written over fifty plays, which have been performed in various parts of the world. Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan, Osofisan is also an actor, director, song writer, poet, translator and critic.