Death and the King’s Horseman is a play by Wole Soyinka based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria during British colonial rule: the horseman of an important chief was prevented from committing ritual suicide by the colonial authorities. In addition to the British intervention Soyinka calls the horseman’s own conviction toward suicide into question posing a problem that throws off the community’s balance.
author
Wole Soyinka
character in play
Amusa, Elesin, Iyaloja, Jane Pilkings, Olunde, Simon Pilkings
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