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African Opera Ìrìn Àjò debuts at the College with diverse student cast

African Opera Ìrìn Àjò debuts at the College with diverse student cast

EMMA COOPER ’20

Ìrìn Àjò, an opera composed, written and directed by Five College music professor Bode Omojola, debuted on April 12 and 13 in Chapin Auditorium. The title of the opera is a Yoruba phrase meaning “life’s journey,” which is fitting as the opera details the story of Káyòdé, a Nigerian engineer who leaves his fiancée Ìyábò to immigrate to the United States in search of a better life.