Lakunle changes tactics, telling her as his lover to ignore the message. She informs her that the Lion (Baroka) wishes to take her as a wife. Then Sadiku appears wearing a shawl over her head. She admires the pictures of her in the magazine. Lakunle follows her, while carrying the firewood that Sidi asked him to help her get. A review by Naijabanquet describes The Lion and the Jewel as "a masterpiece that successfully combines the concept of literature as a tool both for socio-cultural activism and shining spotlight on aesthetics." Soyinka emphasises the theme of the corrupted African culture through the play, as well as how the youth should embrace the original African culture. The transcript of the play was first published in 1962 by Oxford University Press. Lakunle is portrayed as the civilized antithesis of Baroka and unilaterally attempts to modernize his community and change its social conventions for no reason other than the fact that he can. The play chronicles how Baroka, the lion, fights with the modern Lakunle over the right to marry Sidi, the titular Jewel. In 1966, it was staged in London at the Royal Court Theatre. The Lion and the Jewel is a play by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka that was first performed in 1959 in Ibadan.
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