Contemporary Realities in the Selected Plays of Femi Osofisan, Sam Ukala and Tess Onwueme

It has often been said that a writer’s assumption, criticisms, and everything he or she writes about are result of the society found himself herself. Literature is product society. No writer without reflecting prevailing issues problems bedeviling comes from. This paper takes look at contemporary in Nigerian (even African) polity have received attention Femi Osofisan Who Afraid Solarin? Women Owu; Sam Ukala Odour Justice Tess Onwueme The Missing Face Tell it to Women. The major aim this expose some Nigeria. These continued cause setbacks polity. helped opening eyes readers drawing their ears on corruption other vices perpetuated by leaders, women tricksters our midst. selected playwrights beam critical lens realities Nigeria through adaptations oral traditions works. concluded very much alert with social they these socio-political cultural Nigeria, especially, for positive change.