Overview
Character Name
Iyaloja
Gender
Female
Adult
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Vocal Range
Time & Place
early 1940s, Oyo, Nigeria
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Analysis
Nigerian accent. Nigerian. Iyaloja is the ‘mother’ of the Oyo marketplace. She is looked to as the leader of the women, and all who have stalls in the market defer to Iyaloja. She is very wise and highly respected, and has a certain unquestionable regality about her. Her
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