Ojirami: The Weeping River
Ojirami: The Weeping River is a gripping play drawn from the ancestral
legend of the sacred Ojirami River in Edo State, Nigeria. When a man achieves
his dream, the natural course of events is altered. The river is diverted,
corrupted by pride and forgetfulness, where one man's ambition stirs the anger
of a once-patient river goddess.
As reverence fades and personal desires rise, forgotten rituals call out to
be remembered — and the line between the living and the unseen begins to
dissolve.
At the heart of the tale is Okpan, a talented, restless young man whose
conquest and selfish ambition set in motion a chain of events that disturbs the
delicate balance between the physical and the spiritual. Ureshemi, by contrast,
brings emotional depth and moral weight to the unfolding drama through her
quiet strength and growing convictions.
As betrayal festers and moral boundaries erode, the goddess Ojirami — once
revered, now provoked — rises from silence. Her response is more than a display
of fury; it is a plea for a weeping, reshaping destinies and demanding a return
to all that was once held in reverence.
Ojirami: The Weeping River is a lyrical and devastatingly beautiful play
about migration, love, pride, and spiritual imbalance. Written with aching
truth, it asks one timeless question:
When the river weeps... who will kneel?
Ojirami: The Weeping River
Ojirami: The Weeping River is a gripping play drawn from the ancestral
legend of the sacred Ojirami River in Edo State, Nigeria. When a man achieves
his dream, the natural course of events is altered. The river is diverted,
corrupted by pride and forgetfulness, where one man's ambition stirs the anger
of a once-patient river goddess.
As reverence fades and personal desires rise, forgotten rituals call out to
be remembered — and the line between the living and the unseen begins to
dissolve.
At the heart of the tale is Okpan, a talented, restless young man whose
conquest and selfish ambition set in motion a chain of events that disturbs the
delicate balance between the physical and the spiritual. Ureshemi, by contrast,
brings emotional depth and moral weight to the unfolding drama through her
quiet strength and growing convictions.
As betrayal festers and moral boundaries erode, the goddess Ojirami — once
revered, now provoked — rises from silence. Her response is more than a display
of fury; it is a plea for a weeping, reshaping destinies and demanding a return
to all that was once held in reverence.
Ojirami: The Weeping River is a lyrical and devastatingly beautiful play
about migration, love, pride, and spiritual imbalance. Written with aching
truth, it asks one timeless question:
When the river weeps... who will kneel?
The Benison Christopher Company