When it is revealed by the Ogun Priest that Ojuola is, in fact, Odewale's mother, she goes to her bedroom and kills herself.Īderopo: Brother of Odewale, and son of King Adetusa and Ojuola. As the queen of the kingdom of Kutuje, she finds herself serving as Odewale's conscience, calming him when he begins to act irrationally. She was given a prophecy, along with King Adetusa, that their child, Odewale, would one day grow up to usurp the thrown, killing them both. She is the mother of six children: two under King Adetusa (Odewale and Aderepo), and four under King Odewale (Adewale, Adebisi, Oyeyemi, Adeyinka). Along with the Ogun Priest, it is revealed to him that the old king was his father, and that Ojuola was his mother. Odewale is confronted by Gbonka, a messenger, who tells of the event that lead to King Adetusa's end. He is found and picked up by a farmer hunter Ogundele and raised by him along with his wife Mobe. Instead, he is wrapped in a white cloth (symbolizing death) and left in a bush far from Kutuje.

To prevent this from occurring, King Adetusa orders for Odewale to be killed.

Similar in nature to the Greek play, Oedipus Tyrannus his royal parents receive a prophecy from Baba Fakunle that Odewale would grow up to them both. The manner in which he kills his father is revealed in a flashback when his childhood friend, Alaka, comes to Kutuje to ask him why he was not in the village of Ede as he said he would be when he departed at age thirteen. Odewale: The current king of Kutuje, who had risen to power by unknowingly murdering the old king, King Adetusa, whom, also not to his knowledge, was also his father.

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