Death and the King's Horseman

ISBN-13: 9780413333605 / Angielski

Wole Soyinka

Opis

Based on the real events that took place in the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria in 1946, this play tells how Simon Pilkings, a district officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide demanded by the death of the King. There follow drastic repercussions in both indigenous and colonial communities.