Ola Awakan Takes Play To Alma Mater To Preach Tolerance & Peaceful Coexistence

It was a serenade of standing ovation and loud cheers at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, after the performance of the play “The Madness that cures my Land” written by the award-winning broadcast journalist and dramatist, Ola Awakan.

According to Awakan, the play directed by Ifeanyi Eziukwu was staged at the institution’s Mass Communication Hall to commemorate the United Nation’s International Day of Human Fraternity and is currently on a tour across higher institutions in the country.

The Playwright and Convener of the tour, an alumnus of the institution, added that the performance of the play was his way of giving back to his alma mater as well as to educating the upcoming creative minds to dream big, go after their passion and imbibe the spirit of tolerance for society development.

According to the Head of Mass Communication Department, Dr Lanre Akinola, the feedback and reaction from the students who thronged the venue was very impressive.

“It shows that people are still interested in theatre and what we need to do is to continue pushing our stories to the stage.”

Furthermore, he commended the writer for his “unique style of using madness to uniquely tell a moral story”.