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Oya’s mother has just passed and she is very vulnerable. A local young man named Shango who has tried to get with Oya in the past, approaches Oya to say he’s sorry about the death of her mother. He takes the opportunity to tempt Oya into being with him romantically. Oya has always been charmed by him and, although she thinks he’s bad news, she can’t help but give in. They begin a relationship and it’s passionate and volatile.
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Start: Shango: Enter Shango Hey Oya girl…
Oya: Shango.
Shango: I’m sorry bout her passin.
Oya: Thank you.
Shango: That always sound funny to me… Somebody die and you say sorry and they say thank you Never sound right to me.
[.. ... ..]
End: Shango: I didn’t say I got to take you inside I asked to let me… Shango offers his hand.
Oya: Oya sees it.
Shango: How could she not?
Oya: They go in…
Shango and Oya: Together.
McCraney, Tarell Alvin, The Brother/Sister Plays, Theatre Communications Group, 2010, pp. 43-48.
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