Tra mito e allegoria, un'avventura di magia moderna: «Ajantala-Pinocchio», di Bode Sowande

This essay analyses the musical pièce «Ajantala-Pinocchio», by Bode Sowande (Nigeria), underlining similarities between the story and the events of the child-spirit Ajantala from the Yoruba pantheon and those of the Italian puppet. Specifically, it focalizes on the narrative plots and on the allegorical meanings of the characters and of their interactions.