Naira Has No Gender

This play was very interesting in the fact that it was not very interesting to me but it did have a catch to it. To start off I almost didn't make it because they ran out of seats about five minutes after I walked in. The only instruments that were used in this play were two drums. I will be honest in saying that the drums scared me throughtout the whole play. They were extremely loud and woke me up when I started to doze off. The stage was set with just four rectangular 7 by 5 walls behind all of the actors. I liked this one guy in the play who had a sense of humor throughout, he livened it up a little.

The play starts off by letting everyone know of the two people who wish to get married. It is mainly about getting naira which is known as money in nigeria. The two that wish to get together and get married are trying to negotiate the real world of power and money, while also striving to maintain a sense of traditional identity, while looking ahead toward the future that they and their children will inhabit. This play was not very realistic but rather a mix of natural, traditonal, and symbolic atmospheres. The couple that I have mentioned wants to resist the mercaenary culture that has ruined the dreams of this land. They cometo find out that between them no money or naira will ever get in their way.

Throughout the play we see that the mercenary class has been putting the country up for sale. The leader of the country seems to cheat people from what they need. He looks for deals that will help him and his family alone. His son gets the best education that is given in that country. In the end of this play shows the power of love and the commitment to social justice over the sterile claims of naira. This play overall had a great message to the people who dont see whats going on in other countries. This however isd not my kind of play, I would reccomend it however to classes who are learning of struggles in other countries.