Death and the King's Horseman
Books | Drama / General
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Wole Soyinka
"A masterpiece of 20th century drama." - The Guardian Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favourite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British Colonial Officer, Pilkings, intervenes to prevent the death and arrests Elesin.
