This is one of the best-known plays by Africa s major dramatist Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel) a true village belle and Baroka (the Lion) the crafty and powerful Bale of the village Lakunle the young teacher influenced by western ways and Sadiku the eldest of Baroka s wives. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.