Awo vividly portrays the life and legacy of the legendary African Statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a politician, lawyer and philosopher. Through masterful dialogue and stunning set designs, the play navigates through Awolowo’s remarkable journey from his political endeavours and triumphs to the tumultuous period of post-independence Nigeria and the Civil War, culminating in the dawn of the Second Republic in the early 1970s.