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Death and the king's horseman

This 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.

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  • "Si man yu guo wang de shi cong / Wolei Soyinko zhu ; Cai Yigang yi"
  • "Death and the king's horseman"
  • "Death and the King's Horseman"

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  • "This 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."@en
  • "Tragedy based on events of 1946 in ancient Yoruba City. English colonial officers intervene to prevent ritual suicide of Yoruba chief. (Play ; choral speaking. 5 acts, 9 men, 3 women, extras, 1 setting)."
  • "Based on an incident that took place in Nigeria in 1946, this play is a powerful examination of the explosive tension between traditional African culture and the West."@en
  • "Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psychological mindsets of individuals and groups. The text of the play is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory annotations for the many allusions to traditional Nigerian myth and culture. "Backgrounds and Sources" helps readers understand Death and the King's Horseman's traditional African contexts and the role of theater in African culture. Included are a map of Yorubaland, discussions of Yoruban religious beliefs and cultural traditions, Soyinka on the various forms that theater has taken in African culture in order to survive, and Anthony Appiah on Soyinka's struggle with the problem of African identity in the creation of Death and the King's Horseman. Commentary on the play as both a theatrical production and a classroom text is provided by Gerald Moore, Tanure Ojaide, and Martin Rohmer. "Criticism" collects nine major essays on the play and the difficulties it presents to readers. Contributors include D.S. Izevbaye, Eldred Durosimi Jones, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Biodun Jeyifo, Wole Soyinka, Joan Hepburn, Adebayo Williams, David Richards, and Olakunle George. A chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. - Cover."
  • "Par le lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature 1986. Une pièce lyrique et dramatique dans laquelle un administrateur régional anglais au Nigéria profane par incompréhension "un aspect de la culture profonde des Yorubas", au milieu des année 1940."

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  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Nigerijská dramata"
  • "Dramat nigeryjski w języku angielskim"
  • "Literatura nigeryjska"
  • "Ouvrages pour la jeunesse"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Literatura nigeryjska w języku angielskim"
  • "Historical drama"@en
  • "Historical drama"
  • "Drama"
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  • "Smrt a královský jezdec"
  • "La mort et l'écuyer du roi : thèâtre"
  • "Si wang yu guo wang de shi cong = Death and the king's horseman"
  • "死亡与国王的侍从"
  • "Si wang yu guo wang de shi cong"
  • "死亡與國王的侍従"
  • "Death and the king's horseman"
  • "Death and the king's horseman"@en
  • "Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text : backgrounds and contexts, criticim"
  • "死亡与国王的侍从 = Death and the king's horseman"
  • "La mort et l'écuyer du roi: théâtre"
  • "La morte e il cavaliere del re : teatro"@it
  • "La mort et l'écuyer du roi : théâtre"
  • "Death and the King's horseman"
  • "La morte e il cavaliere del re"@it
  • "Death and the King's Horseman"
  • "Death and the king's horseman : [a play]"
  • "Morte e il cavaliere del re : teatro"
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  • "Death and The King's Horseman"@en
  • "Death and the king's horseman play based on events which took place in Oyo, ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946"
  • "Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text : backgrounds and contexts, criticism"
  • "Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism"
  • "死亡與國王的侍從 = Death and the king's horseman"

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