The village is still traditional in its daily life but one senses that it is on the verge of change. The headman of the village, 'the lion', is in his 60s and has several wives and concubines already but can pay. The play deals with the conflict between traditional ways and modernization for example, should a man pay a bride price in order to marry? The young schoolmaster, a believer in Western culture, wants to marry 'the jewel' Sidi but doesn't want to pay her bride price claiming it is old-fashioned (though the reader/viewer is also left with the impression that he can't afford it!).
A thought-provoking play by the first African author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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