https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4 en-us 2023-03-08 10:35:41 UTC 2023-03-13 13:31:35 UTC hello@padlet.com jyotip3 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508396845 2023-03-08 10:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508396845 jyotip3 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397072 2023-03-08 10:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397072 jyotip3 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397289 2023-03-08 10:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397289 jyotip3 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397409 2023-03-08 10:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397409 jyotip3 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397544 2023-03-08 10:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2508397544 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2511830095 Summary:
- the scene opens with Pilkings and his fine practicing dancing in the Egungun masks , when sergeant Amusa sees them and knocks over a pot in shock
- When Pilkings questions him he refuses to look directly at him and is criticized for believing in Yoruba superstition
- Amusa tries to explain why he refuses to look at the couple but is ridiculed and writes down his report instead
- Pilkings assumes from the report that a ritual murder will take place and calls on Joseph to question him about the ritual
- Joseph explains that the ritual suicide is the duty of the horseman. Pilkings then recalls that He had helped Olunde attend medical school thus had a bad relationship with Elesin. He also realizes that there is much about the native customs that he is unaware about.
- Jane is unsettled from the drumming and Pilkings calls on Joseph again. He is unable to decipher the drums which causes Pilkings to comment on holy water and his conversion to Christianity. This visibly upsets Joseph .
- Jane tries to make Pilkings understand that Joseph was a devout Christian , just then he reveals that the prince will be attending the  ball which was why he was worrying about the ritual suicide.
- Pilkings then sends a note with Amusa's instructions via Joseph and apologizes to him for calling holy water nonsense. He and Jane then return to practicing for the ball.

Critical analysis:
- this scene clearly shows the readers the colonial mindset and the relationship between the Yoruba people and British. Pilkings serves as a stereotypical Representation of the the attitudes of the colonizers.
- We see he has little regard for other religions, even his own. He doesn’t care about Amusa's fear of the Egungun masks or that he deeply insulted Joseph by calling holy water  “nonsense”. He seems insensitive and unwilling to understand, unlike Jane who at least makes an attempt. He was also comfortable with desecrating sacred masks of the Yoruba for entertainment showing his blatant dire farts for other communities.
- We also see that Pilkings refers to the Yoruba as tribals, referring to them as natives and overall talking down to them . We see this when he describes his quarrel with Elesin. Overall he has a superiority complex and thinks of the Yoruba as lower than him.
- Lastly we see that Pilkings seems to be more concerned with the ball than a potential crime, exposing the colonial mindset that the ways of the west are more important than other matters. It also shows how he gives more importance to British society and its rules than his job.


]]> 2023-03-10 13:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2511830095 https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2514428417 -Setting: at the ball
- The prince is present. Everyone is trying their best to impress the prince with their costumes and their dances. Pilkings demonstrates his knowledge of the Egungun and their culture. However, him wearing the costume itself is wrong since it is the costume of death and it must not be worn outside of rituals, especially in a ball like this.
- A messenger brings a note to Pilkings, informing him of the events happening just two miles away from the ball, endangering the prince's security. This makes the resident concerned, however Pilkings comforts the resident, stating that it is a normal ritual.
- Amusa arrives in his usual police uniform. The resident is unimpressed with the uniform, and confuses Amusa and the officers with the ringleaders of the riot. Pilkings threatens Amusa to not act superstitious, or else he would feed him prok (muslims are not supposed to eat pork). This shows how Pilkings can use his power as he wishes.
- An African man in a suit appears out of the shadows. Jane recognises him as Olunde, the son of Elesin. Olunde did his education in the UK, and was well educated and could speak English well. However, despite spending time in the west, he comes back as a more critical person. Olunde points out that the British do not respect the things they do not understand. Jane says that she had worn the Egungun to impress the prince, however, Olunda states that that is not a valid reason to misuse a ritual costume.
- Outside the ball, drums roll and Olunde explains with a calm tone to Jane, that Elesin is dead. Jane is surprised by the calmness of his tone, but Olunde then explains that Elesin had been dead in his mind since a month. Olunde wants to go see Elesins body, but is being stopped by Jane. Pilkings comes into the scene and Olunde appreciates his efforts, but says that it would have been bad if he had succeeded. Pilkings is surprised, but Elesin's screaming and struggle to get the soldiers' hands off him is heard by all of them. Elesin runs to Olunde, but Olunde says that he doesnt have a father anymore, and walks away]]> 2023-03-13 13:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jyotip3/9rfealtenfuqa0g4/wish/2514428417