The Lion and the Jewel

Target entity: The Lion and the Jewel
Context triple: [Wole Soyinka, notableWork, The Lion and the Jewel]

• A. The Grass Is Singing
  The Grass Is Singing is Doris Lessing’s debut novel, a psychologically intense exploration of race, class, and isolation set on a Southern Rhodesian farm in colonial Africa.
• B. Egungun masquerade
  Egungun masquerade is a Yoruba ancestral masquerade tradition involving elaborately costumed performers who embody and honor the spirits of the dead through dance, music, and public rituals.
• C. No Longer at Ease
  No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
• D. Osun priestesses
  Osun priestesses are traditional Yoruba spiritual leaders and custodians of the river goddess Osun’s worship, performing sacred rituals, divination, and ceremonies at shrines and festivals such as those in Osogbo, Nigeria.
• E. Devil on the Cross
  Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The Lion and the Jewel
Target entity description: The Lion and the Jewel is a satirical play by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka that explores the clash between tradition and modernity in a Yoruba village through comedic conflict and romantic rivalry.

• A. The Grass Is Singing
  The Grass Is Singing is Doris Lessing’s debut novel, a psychologically intense exploration of race, class, and isolation set on a Southern Rhodesian farm in colonial Africa.
• B. Egungun masquerade
  Egungun masquerade is a Yoruba ancestral masquerade tradition involving elaborately costumed performers who embody and honor the spirits of the dead through dance, music, and public rituals.
• C. No Longer at Ease
  No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
• D. Osun priestesses
  Osun priestesses are traditional Yoruba spiritual leaders and custodians of the river goddess Osun’s worship, performing sacred rituals, divination, and ceremonies at shrines and festivals such as those in Osogbo, Nigeria.
• E. Devil on the Cross
  Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
• F. None of above. chosen