The Prison Graduates was the winning play in the English as a 2nd Language category of the BBC World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009. The play is a political satire set in Ghana, and talks about serious issues on a light note. It highlights situations in Ghana and Africa as a whole; these include young and energetic people paying huge sums of money to go abroad to seek greener pastures, and the hospitals where 'cash and carry' method is practiced. The situation where churches are corrupt and the congregation is naïve...
Efo makes us laugh at our folly, whilst realising that we are all part of the challenges our countries face, and can contribute to the solutions.
At the crossroads between tradition and modernity, Efo Kodjo Mawugbe was a multitalented pioneer of Ghanaian theatre. Born on 21st April 1954 in Kumasi, Ghana, he was the prolific author of over twenty plays, hundreds of articles (published under the female pseudonym 'Araba Season' in The Mirror), and the novel My Father's Song. His play, The Prison Graduates, won the BBC World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 in the English as a 2nd Language category. He was the Executive Director of the National Theatre of Ghana until he passed away on 13th September 2011, leaving behind a treasure trove of unpublished plays including Alma Continua, Ananse Kweku Ananse, Blemazado, Cinderama , Free Juice for All, Once Upon a Time in Lagos, Queen Zariba of Zariba, Sister, Take Me to the Altar, Tata Amu, The G-Yard People and Upstairs and Downstairs. His play, Upstairs and Downstairs, was among the top ten shortlisted plays by the BBC in 2002.
The Prison Graduates was the winning play in the English as a 2nd Language category of the BBC World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009. The play is a political satire set in Ghana, and ...
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