The play, a play of giants, was written by Wole Soyinka to present a savage portrait of a group of African dictatorial leaders cornered in an embassy in New York City, United Nations. The play was written on purpose to show the resemblance between recent historical figures/African leaders and old or former leaders in Africa who were known for their authoritarian or tyrannical rule and these include: Macias Nguema (deceased) of Equatorial Guinea, Jean Basptiste Bokassa from the Central African Republic, Mobutu Sese Koko from Congo Kinshasa and the Hero of Heroes, Field Marshal El-Haji Dr. Idi Amin from Uganda.
The play began with three of the dictatorial African leaders, Kamini, Kasco and Gunema, who plan to get a life-size group sculpture of the ‘crowned heads’ in their likeness. They intend to make their statues part of other statues that would be placed in the UN stair passage. Their discussion on power and governance was interrupted by the presence of the President of the Central Bank of Bugara who brought the news of the World Bank’s refusal to grant the country of Bugara the required loan based on unsatisfied conditions to which the President of Bugaran, The president for life, Dr. Kamini, replied that the president should come back and accept any conditions put forward by the World Bank, even at the expense of the body and soul of the people of Bugaran.
However, the president’s response to the president regarding the printing of Bugaran currency by his Central Bank, saying that such printing would make no difference to ‘toilet paper’ caused him to be severely punished by flushing the toilet on his head. at the feet. of the dictators.
The leaders continued their discussions as the Ambassador came in to brief them on his idea of where to place the leaders’ statue. They all agreed with this and continued their discussion of power emphasizing the importance of voodoo. This conversation was closely followed by the subject of the speech to be read, who will prepare it, who will edit it, and the importance of reading it for the leaders present to hear before the final or actual reading at the UN.
The sculptor was the next victim at the hand of Kamini, who treated him badly through the hand of Task Force Specials for saying that Kamini’s statue is not worth standing in front of the coin but rather sitting in Madame Tussaud’s Chambers of Horrors.
The fourth leader entered the scene at the end of the first part, General Barra Tuboum of Nbangi – Guela, whom Kamini called Alexander the Great. After a brief discussion of the rebellion and the war, the Honorable Mayor of Hyacombe and his party arrived preceded by Professor Betey; his arrival changed the point of contention to the imperialist conspiracy, calling names like Alexander, Napoleon and all sorts. The mayor came with golden keys.
The second part opened with the launch organized by Kamini for other African leaders with the introduction of the Secretary-General, who is a senior official, who missed Kamini’s dreaded wrath when he said that the sculpture was supposed to be statuettes, small in size and put on shelves like Beethoven, Shakespeare or Lenin and then distributed in copies. The sculptor was seen in bandages from head to toe, the work of Kamini TF Specials.
The conversation continued when two Russian and American delegates each arrived with a short interval before Betey ran in alarming that a coup had been staged in Bugara. Not long after, TF Specials were asked to plant the weapon, including the Bugara missiles, for use in the destruction of the UN, fueled by news that the Secretary-General had escaped and the belief that the delegates had been involved in The hit. This was followed by the aggression of some people who gathered outside the embassy, protesting (singing) that Kamini should leave (surrender).
The play ended with Kamini’s cry: Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!