One of his notable work I ever read was Ovonramwen Onogbaisi. Ola was a great writer dat I will never forget in a hurry. Rest in peace sir.

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

fool, we know. but the fact that nobody contested it further underlines his work as one of the best literary works ever to come out of Nigeria. even Wale Adenuga did a TV adaptation of it, so shut your hole.

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

You obviously need some education to know the meaning of Plagiarism and Adaptation.

Jyde89:


fool, we know. but the fact that nobody contested it further underlines his work as one of the best literary works ever to come out of Nigeria. even Wale Adenuga did a TV adaptation of it, so shut your hole.

Mugu. That's like saying because no one contested the alaba boys faking the real products in Nigeria makes it the best products. You don't even know how to reason. LMAO

Klington:
was he not the same man who was given 10 billion naira for national identity card project before he died

That was Baba Sunday Afolabi.
The minister of internal affairs under Obasanjo

Copied? Do you even know the definition of the word? Such a shame. Is this how bad our education system is?

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

Just like yesterday, 20 years gone. I was at the lying in state in Amphitheatre, OAU.

I remember when JP Clark was introduced, all the students in the amphitheatre stood up and clapped for a long time.

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

It is an adaptation of Oedipus Rex.

Adaptation is allowed in Literature, as long as you don't claim that the original story belongs to you.

Ola Rotimi never claimed that the story belonged to him.

Angy55:
Our husband has gone mad again by ola rotimi.

One of my favorite novel back then.

It is a play, not a novel.

Maliqcious:
Soyinka is U.I

Soyinka was in OAU then.

It was during that time that he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He also founded the Theatre Arts department of the university and was its first HOD.

Ahmed Yerima (another playwright) was taught by Soyinka at Ife. Clarion Chukwura was also one of Soyinka's students.

Soyinka is an emeritus professor of OAU.

During that time, OAU was the second best university in Africa.

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

Mumu, it wasn't copied, it was an adaptation, same as Ahmed Yerima's Otaelo is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. And adaptation is an important part of comparative literature.

Tocynone:
The man who copied a story from Greece "Oedipus" and named it God's are not to blame

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oedipus-Greek-mythology

Gosh, you dudes should learn to read. It was an adaptation, not a plagiarised work. If it was plagiarised, he would have been sued when he was alive. So many old works were adapted as long as the theme, scene, and plots have slight differences. Adaptation is studied in Literature classes, especially Comparative literature. Get that? Ahmed Yerima adapted Shakespeare's Othello to create Otaelo. Several other works out there, and not limited to books alone, movies, music are also included, as long as the original writer is acknowledged one way or another.

Teco2:



Oga, that's not plagiarism but an adaptation...same way Ahmed Yarima adapted William Shakespeare's Othello in his Oteolo...

I just tire for those I too know people.

babtoundey:


What do you mean by "plagiarized" Did you even check the meaning of plagiarism before you wrote this nonsense or you were pushed and tempted by the desire to sound intelligent.

That is what they called adaptation. And "the gods are not to blame" is one of the most ingenuous creative pieces

"The gods are not blame" has little or no bearing with Sophocle's "Oedipus Rex". The only mingling connection is the story and Sophocles himself is not the originator of the story of Oedipus. It's derived from Greek mythology. "The God's are not blame" is a wonderful piece. And the man has proven his worth, his artistic brilliance not just with "the gods are not to blame" but with many other of his plays. There has never been a time I read any Ola Rotimi's play and regretted reading it. In fact, I enjoy reading Rotimi' than reading any other African dramatist. Works like "Kunrunmi", "Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again", "Hope of the Living Dead" and many others are wonderful plays to read.

It is not only Ola Rotimi' that adapted ancient plays. Wole Soyinka, Femi Osofisan (Tegonni- African Antigonne) have adapted plays. So adapting a work to another work doesn't in anyway erode the originality of the adapted work or makes the adapted work a copy of the original work.

Don't mind that dunce. And I love Hope of the Living Dead, very funny play.

Opiletool:


Gosh, you dudes should learn to read. It was an adaptation, not a plagiarised work. If it was plagiarised, he would have been sued when he was alive. So many old works were adapted as long as the theme, scene, and plots have slight differences. Adaptation is studied in Literature classes, especially Comparative literature. Get that? Ahmed Yerima adapted Shakespeare's Othello to create Otaelo. Several other works out there, and not limited to books alone, movies, music are also included, as long as the original writer is acknowledged one way or another.

I checked your posts. The way you use the words "fools", "stupid", "idiots" , "shit" ..... ?
Sincerely

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

Exactly. Many think he came up with the plot. He only re-wrote using Nigerian settings and characters.

noleflendum:
Great Man
Better writer than Chinua Achebe
Rest on

Not at all. His well known book is a product of plagiarism.

seekier:
The movie "The gods are not to blame" where can I find it? I it is not on YouTube

pdf

Tocynone:

I checked your posts. The way you use the words "fools", "stupid", "idiots" , "shit" ..... ?
Sincerely

Congratulations for doing that! If you deserve it, you get it. Capish?

oh

adedayoa2:
Bundle me up, you'll have to kill me first.
What are these before my eyes?
What are these before my eyes?
Are they mountains are are they trees?
..............
I actually enjoyed literature classes then, maybe cuz i wanted to become an actress. Life happens.

You can still be. Are you interested?

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

Hello, when next you post in a public forum, please get your facts right, ughn? The post reeks of ignorance.

There is an absolute difference between adaptation and plagiarism.

Ola Rotimi's "The Gods are not to blame" is an African adaptation of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" and not a copied work neither is it a plagiarised work. It is called adaptation in theatre scholarship.

Just as Femi Osofisan's "Tegonni" is an African adaptation of Sophocles' "Antigone"

Kola Ogunmola's "Palmwine Drinkard" is an adaptation of Amos Tutuola's novel, "The Palmwine Drinkard"

Femi Osofisan's "Who is Afraid of Solarin" is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's "The Government Inspector" which was also later adapted to "Yeepa! Solarin Nbo".

Tocynone:
The man who copied a story from Greece "Oedipus" and named it God's are not to blame

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oedipus-Greek-mythology

Your post also reeks of ignorance bro. Learn to learn everyday.

Just as I replied your partner up there...

There is an absolute difference between adaptation and plagiarism

Ola Rotimi's "The Gods are not to blame" is an African adaptation of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" and not a copied work neither is it a plagiarised work. It is called adaptation in theatre scholarship.

Just as Femi Osofisan's "Tegonni" is an African adaptation of Sophocles' "Antigone"

Kola Ogunmola's "Palmwine Drinkard" is an adaptation of Amos Tutuola's novel, "The Palmwine Drinkard"

Femi Osofisan's "Who is Afraid of Solarin" is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's "The Government Inspector" which was also later adapted to "Yeepa! Solarin Nbo".

olutoscene:


Your post also reeks of ignorance bro. Learn to learn everyday.

Just as I replied your partner up there...

There is an absolute difference between adaptation and plagiarism

Ola Rotimi's "The Gods are not to blame" is an African adaptation of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" and not a copied work neither is it a plagiarised work. It is called adaptation in theatre scholarship.

Just as Femi Osofisan's "Tegonni" is an African adaptation of Sophocles' "Antigone"

Kola Ogunmola's "Palmwine Drinkard" is an adaptation of Amos Tutuola's novel, "The Palmwine Drinkard"

Femi Osofisan's "Who is Afraid of Solarin" is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's "The Government Inspector" which was also later adapted to "Yeepa! Solarin Nbo".

Thanks. Is that all?

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

There's a difference between plagiarism and adaptation. The guy did the latter. You'd know that if you're a theatre practitioner. Rotimi wanted to Nigerianize a Greek play by one of the greatest dramatists the Greeks have produced.... Sophocles (along with Euripides and Aeschylus). That is allowed in the world of theatre. Soyinka did that with Euripides' play. Other great dramatists have done that.
Get a copy of the play, check behind and you'd see that Rotimi has made reference to the original play.
P.S: I'm a theatre practitioner

JJBROS:
One of his notable work I ever read was Ovonramwen Onogbaisi. Ola was a great writer dat I will never forget in a hurry. Rest in peace sir.

The people of Benin got very angry with the end of that play and therefore called Ahmed Yerima (another great dramatist) to rewrite the play

Buliwyf:
Oh it's this guy known only for blatantly plagiarizing the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? Happy birthday and RIP to him.

It's funny Nigerians don't know that The Gods Are Not To Blame was copied. LMAO

Ooh No No!!!!! You are using the wrong word
Ola Never plagiarize books
The gods are not to blame is an *Adaptation* of Sophocles Rex King Oedipus

In theatre ,, we call it **Adaptation**,,,
He Acknowledged the book King Oedipus ..
Ola is also a Tragedian

Shakaranews2020:


Not at all. His well known book is a product of plagiarism.

Here comes another intelligent dude that can't tell the difference between "Plot" and "story".
And he is still getting above himself with that blunder.

babtoundey:


Here comes another intelligent dude that can't tell the difference between "Plot" and "story".
And he is still getting above himself with that blunder.

Oga, plot is the storyline of a text. What are you insinuating?