SKIT/ NOTES

Yorb 2010 CULTURAL AWARENESS SKIT:

THE KING’S ENTERTAINER
King and Queen got tired of their court jester.  They require a new performer and so an audition is held. A stuntsman comes in and performs but is not accepted. However, the King gave him some money. This tempts the gaurds at the door. So when Olupitan arrives, the two gaurds made him promise to give half of his gift to them. He performs for the King and is chosen. So the King asked him to name his gift and he asked for 20 strokes of the cane. Right while he was to be caned, he told the story of the two guards to the king and they end up being caned instead and Olupitan became the King’s entertainer.
Cast:
King
Queen
Guard One
Guard Two
Olupitan
Narrator 
Court jester / Caner   Yorb 1010 student 
Stuntsman    Yorb 1010 student

Song
Kile n foba pe    Oba o, Oba alase  Oba
Oba to dade owo   “ “  “
Oba to wopa ileke   “ “  “
Repeat line one.

Yorb 1010
CULTURAL AWARENESS SKIT:

A day in the life of a UGA Yoruba student
Act One: Entire class sings and dances
Act Two: Narrator gives an introduction
Act Three: Student wakes up, showers etc.
Act Four: Student greets his/her parents (family meal?)
Act Five: Friend come to get student for school - good bye to family etc.
Act Six: Classroom:  - Teacher
     - Activities
Act Seven: End of class. Friend 2 asks student to party
Act Eight: Student and friend goes to a party (Introductions, partying etc.)
Act Nine: Student goes home
Act Ten: Entire class sings and dances?

Songs etc.:
E JADE, KE WA WO WA O
E JADE, KE WA WO WA O
IGBA TABA LOTAN O
KO MA DARIYANJIYAN
E JADE, KE WA WO WA O.
- A ki I yin chant
- Days of the week song
- Ori mi song

CAST
FATHER: Adebayo     MOTHER: Adeola
STUDENT: Temitope     NARRATOR?: Foyeke?
FRIEND 1: Kolade      TEACHER: Temitayo
FRIEND 2: Bukola      STUDENTS: 
PARTY-GOERS
 

CULTURAL AWARENESS SKIT:

 GOLDEN GOOSE (Pepeye Oniwura)

Summary: - A Yoruba King enters with his chief, Queen and servants. 
  - The King asked his servant to go and buy him a goose that lays golden 
  eggs. The King gave the servant two days.  
  - The servant knew there was no such thing but he saw an opportunity to    steal enough money from the king so that he could live on his own. 
  - The servant decides to haggle very well in the market so as to save more 
  money for himself. 
  - The first market woman would not give the servant a good deal on the    goose so the servant decides to buy a chicken for 2 naira from an evil witch. 
   - Then the servant uses copper and yellow paint melted into an egg’s shape.
  - The servant did not know that the witch sold him a talking chicken
  - When the servant gave the chicken/goose and the copper eggs to the King, 
  the chicken told everything. 
   - The King summarily replaced the servant and let the chicken become his    advisor. 

CAST: 
KING:   Olufemi   SERVANT:  Kolade
WITCH:  Modupe   CHICKEN:  Ayodeji
QUEEN:  Abosede   FIRST SELLER: Bukola
(Palace Chief:  Balogun)
 

CULTURAL AWARENESS SKIT:

 THE PORRIDGE THIEF (Ole Ajasaro)

Summary: - MARKET SCENE: - Friend A is buying stuff in the market
  - Friend A meets Friend B on the way home
  - Friend A invites Friend B to visit soon.

  - FRIEND A’S HOME: - Friend A and family are at home.
  - Family having conversation and making plans to eat.
  - Friend B comes to visit with his son/friend, C
  - Greetings and pleasantries all around.
  - Friend B and C are offered food
  - Friend B accepts but C refuses (he continues to eye the food while saying, 
  I’m not hungry, thank you).
  - Loud noise is heard outside and everyone goes out to look
  - Everyone except C. C puts some of the food in his cap
  - Others return to the office and resume conversation
  - C insists on their leaving but Friend B would rather stay.
  - C breaks down and cries out in pain and he is exposed..
 

CAST:
FRIEND A-  Temitayo   FRIEND B-  Titilayo
A’S FAMILY-  Folarin  (A’s Husband)
   Fela  (A’s Son) Foyeke  (A’s Daughter)
C -    Adeleke MARKET MAN-  Obafemi
 

CULTURAL AWARENESS SKIT:

POETRY RECITATION 
Eni bi eni, lomode n ka owo 
 (POEM ON PAGE 113) 

Poet One: Adeola
Poet Two: Temitope
Poet Three: Titilola

- Divide the poem amongst yourself (about number 1 to 10)
- Memorize your part of the poem
- Decide on how to present the poem to people for understanding etc. 
- Present (in drama) the short poem.
 

Poem in English
One by one, is how children count money
Two by two, is how adults play games
Three by three, let us give ourselves gifts
Four by four, whoever laughs with us is the one we laugh with
Five by five, God don’t make us a spendthrift
Six by six, let us pull (ourselves) together
Seven by seven, Olugbon performed his rituals and all went well
Eight by eight, it is one’s parents that one resembles
Nine by nine, God let our night time (old age) be good
Ten by ten, God do not trouble us.