Kwamina

Musical

Writers: Robert Alan Arthur Richard Adler

Overview

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Category
Musical
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1961
Genres
Cast Size
medium
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes adult, mature adult, young adult, late teen characters

Synopsis

The action takes place in 1960s West Africa in a British colony on the eve of it's independence. The people are torn between their traditional ways and the modern world. Kwamina, the chief's son, returns after studying in London. He soon falls in love with the white lady doctor, Eve. Meanwhile, his father still wants him to marry the girl who had been betrothed to Kwamina sine birth, Naii.

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