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Play Review: African Night

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African Night was truly an Amazing Experience and I commend The African Student Union for providing us with authentic African culture. Africa Night took place March 3rd in the Fine arts building. The audience was mainly college students on the Friday night's show, I attribute this to the lower prices on Friday, as appose to Saturday. For most of the performance the audience listened and watched in awe, but in some portions of the performance I noticed the audience shouting and dancing to some of the music. The show was very entertaining and it kept it kept everyone one the edge of their seat. The show consisted of three main portions acting , dancing, and modeling. The play was great, it addressed a lot of issues that Africans face in Africa. It was a story about a Family who seem to have it all figured out, but the audience later realized it was built on a hill of secrets. The Father, Osayamen, unknowing has a child by his ex-wife, Aminita. The child, Monica, takes the trip to her father's house in Africa and realizes that he doesn't even know she even exist. I'm the mist of this situation Osayamen is also dealing with a cheating 2nd wife, and a rebellious son. These issues all become too much for him, …show more content…

Africa is truly the motherland and it deserves to be respected. People from Africa are not savages but are some of the most successful people in the world today. While Africa is not perfect, it is a very thriving country in its own regard and it is full of culture. I appreciate the music that I heard in the play. It is obvious to see that black American music derived from traditional African tunes. Africa seems to be the home of musical geniuses and I thank them for allowing us to create our own genre from their inspiration. In closing, Africa night was truly an amazing experience and I cannot wait to see what is in store for us next

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