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Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman
Author: Wole Soyinka
A Nobel Prize-winning playwright's classic tale of tragic decisions in a traditional African culture. Based on events that took place in Oyo, an ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Wole Soyinka's powerful play concerns the intertwined lives of Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman; his son, Olunde, now studying medicine in England; and Sim...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393322996
ISBN-10: 0393322998
Publication Date: 4/2002
Pages: 77
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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