by Wole Soyinka · W W Norton & Co Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780393322996
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«Death and the King's Horseman» is a play by Wole Soyinka, published by W W Norton & Co Ltd in paperback, with 77 pages and text in English.
In 1946, in the ancient Yoruba city of Oyo, the play contrasts Nigerian tradition with British colonial power. After the king's death, the horseman Elesin Oba must ritually commit suicide to accompany his sovereign; Simon Pilkings intervenes, and the return of his son Olunde precipitates the conflict.
This Norton Critical Edition includes a map of Yorubaland, notes on Yoruba beliefs and traditions, and commentary on the work as theatrical production and study text.
For literature students and readers interested in African theatre and in the work of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Wole Soyinka.
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He has also written two translated works and many articles and short stories for newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".
