IN THE CHEST OF A WOMAN
IN THE CHEST OF A WOMAN In a distance lightening struck deep blue. The noise kept on increasing in magnitude as if an angry mob was descending on my house. I run to the window to investigate. Down the narrow street of this quiet suburb, I saw a large mob of women holding placards, beating frying pans against gallons and singing war songs. on the first few leading placards I could see were written the statements; ‘Hail feminism’,’what men can do women can do better’, ’we can also rule’. I watched in horror as women surrounded and lynched men who stood in their way. Like locust, their advance spelt doom for every male in the wake of their fury. The scene reminded me of my favorite play, ’In the chest of a woman’ written by Efo Kodjo Mawugbe, a Ghanaian playwright. The play tells the story of a princess who from her youthful age had longed to yield power and be ruler of a kingdom in Ghana. Though the rightful heir to the throne, her dream was denied her, because she ...