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100 1 $aSoyinka, Wole.
245 10 $aDeath and the king's horseman /$cWole Soyinka.
260 $aNew York :$bNorton,$c2002.
300 $a77 p. ;$c21 cm
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500 $a"Reissued as a Norton paperback 2002"--T.p. verso.
500 $aOriginally published in 1975.
520 $aThis play is based on events that took place in the town of Oyo in 1946. The king dies and it is expected that his chief horseman commit suicide and accompany him to heaven. The colonial district officer learns of this ritual and attempts to stop it.
520 $aThis drama describes Elesin, the chief horseman of the king of a Nigerian village, who loses the respect of the villagers when he fails to take steps to follow his dead ruler into the afterlife.
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650 0 $aDrama$y20th century.
650 0 $aNigerian drama.
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