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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".

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.