Dr. BALE Rebekah2024-05-072024-05-072016International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies, 2016, vol. 4(4), pp. 164-171.2308-5460https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/51445777/15-4-4-16-libre.pdf?1484934835=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DLa_Delinquance_Ideologique_Sony_Labou_Ta.pdf&Expires=1715076897&Signature=CWSZqM8KptLjJjx7RjmsMXInOV08dIWxFcmeVAWdI3OYH-Vvl9-Oz0fCIVAwn780EhUUThp0QJkFVZdf9WBx89b7U69ntBjKz7iiteoljk3RdAHX0Re5qzESU88wGTtMKeK46oNQMHSCMFOSsrKPHJqoLIanFVjHaLUZCtpd2PwFt1nN~OSO1MQXHYjWaJ6CDXB~wI66Zvm8aW39SElNqEm5Q46W6np4I4d129eKA1nJbcO3bO8WwSVOaPzOFrIj1c3yUk7Cwg~qbDfTp74o~ai4WtvSLRs0mVhYtbBjp~QQPaKHnA5lnkahq0BENXrWOKrgsuyL-moJ0geubUxJ7w__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZAhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/9819The article discusses an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, (La Résurrection Rouge et Blanche de Romeo et Juliette- 'The Red and White Revival of Romeo and Juliet') by the Congolese writer Sony Labou Tansi. It examines the consequences of a focus on the political frame of the narrative. Sony's version is an indictment of a monstrous and hyper-violent political system in which the only choice left is the manner of one’s death. Sony uses the play as a means to interrogate a society that focuses on the political fetishization of violent dictatorships and nihilistic choices. With a radical shift in focus, Sony’s work also requires the audience / reader to consider the necessity of theatre and, by extension, the power under which it operates. Sony’s language in this adaptation gives the story of Romeo and Juliet, a postcolonial framework as well as an urgent political message. The analysis concludes that the adaptation presents the conventional love story as a political tragedy of the post-colonial condition.enPeer Reviewed Journal Article