Plays are literary works, which represent a set of instructions for its readers and audience.
Playwrights must therefore be exposed to „a broader cultural based‟ as suggested by Gassner (1957). Most
often, playwrights do not invent the plots of their plays; rather, they are based on existing or old stories.
Folktales are one of such major sources of plot for the African playwright.
This assay examines the relationship between the stage account of The Legend of Aku Sika and its original
folk narrative content and style for the purpose of comprehension and deepening and widening the scope of
Ghanaian dramatic form. It examines the transposition techniques adopted by the playwright. The paper
further discusses the various dramatic elements the playwright employed in executing his task. This paper is
purely a textual analysis of the play The Legend of AkuSika vis-à-vis the original folk narrative Aku Sika.
Keywords: Folktales, Akan, plays, playwrights, drama, transposition, The Legend of Aku Sika,