Soyinka emphasises the theme of the corrupted African culture through the play, as well as how the youth should embrace the original African culture. The transcript of the play was first published in 1962 by Oxford University Press. Lakunle is portrayed as the civilized antithesis of Baroka and unilaterally attempts to modernize his community and change its social conventions for no reason other than the fact that he can.
The play chronicles how Baroka, the lion, fights with the modern Lakunle over the right to marry Sidi, the titular Jewel. In 1966, it was staged in London at the Royal Court Theatre. The Lion and the Jewel is a play by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka that was first performed in 1959 in Ibadan.
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