“I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations.” PlayStudentsKingsElementsWitchNigeriaAssassination Author:Sefi Atta
“I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they were influenced by Macbeth, they were also influenced by Nigerian plays I had seen and Village Headmaster, a television drama series I had watched as a child.” IfsChildrenPlayClassTelevisionKingsDramaSeriesBetrayalChiefsVillagePlaywrightTreasonHeadmastersTelevision Drama Author:Sefi Atta
