Natural Endowment and Environmental Sustainability: A Paradigmatic Reading of Nwamuo‟s <i>Wisdom of the King</i> and Mbajiorgu‟s <i>Wake Up Everyone</i>

Abstract

In all humanity, the earth is regarded as a veritable resource for the preservation of natural endowments. The reason is not far-fetched  given its pride of place in the creation of wealth amongst nations. This paper is not ignorant of the fact that works already exist in this  field of natural endowment and environmental sustainability but the need to look at this area from the theatrical perspective necessitates  its investigation. Thus, this paper takes a simple approach of play-text analysis; to review the effects of deforestation, bush  burning, oil spillage and other acts capable of defacing and dehumanizing the earth and adversely affecting the environmental  sustainability of the resources therein. These are examined within the context of the discussion. This paper therefore, is of the opinion  that the activities of man contribute immensely to the erosion of natural endowments which grossly affect the production of food for humans, herbs for medicine, raw materials for industrial growth and development as well as the retardation in infrastructural  development. It recommends among other things that for natural resources to be sustained, proactive measures should be taken to first  of all to ensure the preservation and sustenance of the earth surface.