Film

Kongi's Harvest

7.519701h 19mDrama

Director: Ossie Davis
Year: 1970

An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him the ceremonial yam at the upcoming harvest festival.

Top cast

Wole Soyinka

President Kongi

Rasidi Onikoyi

King Oba Danlola

Banjo Solaru

Sarumi

Femi Johnson

Organising Secretary

Nina Baden-Semper

Segi

Orlando Martins

Dr. Gbenga

Dapo Adelugba

Daodu

Wale Ogunyemi

Dende

Ossie Davis

Narrator

Directed by

Ossie Davis

Written by

Wole Soyinka

Produced by

Francis Oladele, Lennart Berns, Arthur Dubow