Mr. Njikam offers a witty take on the classic mythology of a hero's episodic journey with a lively African-American slant. There are a lot of high school and college scenes with wise teachers referring to James Baldwin and W.E.B. Du Bois, combative students, a dying father and an imperious mother. Rhyming battles, love and enlightenment occur along the way. The narrative is so eventful and spread out that it can be d…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:20PM on October 11, 2017