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Death and the King's Horseman: Methuen Student Edition (Methuen Student Editions) (edit title/settings)

by Wole Soyinka (Author) (edit contributors)

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Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favorite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British colonial officer, Pilkings, intervenes. "The action of the play is as inevitable... read more

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