Death and the King's Horseman - Modern Classics - Wole Soyinka - Books - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 9781474260763 - January 28, 2016
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Death and the King's Horseman - Modern Classics Pod edition

Wole Soyinka

Death and the King's Horseman - Modern Classics Pod edition

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.


96 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 28, 2016
ISBN13 9781474260763
Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages 96
Dimensions 223 × 148 × 16 mm   ·   328 g

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