The Blood of A Stranger - Dele Charley Chapter by Chapter SuUpdated at Nov 5, 2020, 06:09
Read Online African Drama: The Blood of A Stranger by Dele Charley Comprehensive Analysis and Chapter by Chapter Summary of Background, Plot Account, Settings, Theme, Major Events and their Significance, Major Characters, Minor Characters, Language and Style for JAMB UTME, NECO and WAEC Literature Students.
BACKGROUND
The Blood of a Stranger By Dele Charley - The Blood of a stranger is an African drama written by a Sierra-LeoMan playwright, Raymond Dele Charley. The play is set in Sierra Leone during the colonial period. It reveals the exploration and exploitation of Africa by the European. Sierra Leone is a very small country of 27,92S square miles situated in the west coast of Africa. It is bounded on the west and south-west by the Atlantic ocean, on the north-west, north and no.- east by the sister republic of Guinea and on the east and south-ast by the republic of Liberia. The country derives its name from the Freetown peninsula mountain as seen and described by a Portuguese sailor called Pedro da Cintra. The name meaning to mountain came into existence in 1462. Sierra Lyoa gradually changed to Sierra Leone due to British influence. In 1787, a British philanthropist founded the province of Freedom which later became a British Crown Colony in 1808. The British colonial authorities later declared the hinterland (now known as provinces) a British protectorate in 1896.
There are about 17 ethnic communities and three language groupings in the country -the Mande group, the Mel group and others. In traditional rural settings throughout the country, the household is the basic social unit. It comprises of a man, his wife/wives, children and relatives. The household is under the charge of a man. Headship succession of household is passed from the father to the eldest son.