The Great Delusion

THE GREAT DELUSION

Winner, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Drama, 2025

What if the world suddenly lost every Black scientist, engineer, inventor, physician, artist, and builder it had taken for granted?

After a racist society expels its Black population, the diaspora returns to Africa and builds a civilization so advanced that the old global order collapses under the weight of its own arrogance.

The Great Delusion is a Pan-African epic drama that fuses tragedy and socio-political satire to celebrate Black ingenuity and African-American contributions to global civilization while reimagining the relationship between Africa, its diaspora, and the future of Black civilization. 

Critical Acclaim

“For Black children, those too often robbed of their rightful heroes, this work is nothing short of an intellectual resurrection.”

— Dr. Vibert Issa White

 Professor of History, University of Central Florida, USA

“The Great Delusion is a grand dramatic enactment… a major contribution to the literature of Diaspora civilisation.”

— Prof. G. G. Darah

 Professor of Oral Literature and Folklore

“Its innovative style and literary features struck me keenly… The admixture of poetry, prose, suspense, compelling literary coinages, accessible language, and predictive scenes showcases the literary wealth and promise in The Great Delusion.”

— Associate Prof. Omowumi Bode Ekundayo

 Department of English and Literature, University of Benin

“… a timely African epistemological intervention. Its engagement with questions of knowledge, identity, and historical consciousness places it within the intellectual traditions of thinkers such as Frantz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, and Marcus Garvey. The dramatization of these ideas is crucial in reaching younger generations increasingly drawn to artistic and performative forms of learning.”

— Professor Ṣọlá ỌLỌ́RUNYỌMÍ

 Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan

About the Author

Majekodunmi Oseriemen Ebhohon is a Nigerian theorist-playwright, poet, and cultural advocate whose work prioritizes African history, satire, memory, and the recovery of African knowledge systems through innovative dramatic and literary forms.

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