Death And The King's Horseman

Name: Death And The King's Horseman
Brand: Wole Soyinka
SKU: 9780413695505
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Based on real events that took place in Oyo, the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's play tells how Simon Pilkings, a well-meaning District Officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide of the Yoruba chief, Elesin.