Death and the King's Horsemen by Wole Soyinka | Resources

Death and the King's Horsemen Further Reading

Aboyade, Bimpe, Wole Soyinka and Yoruba Oral Tradition, in Death and the King's Horseman, Fountain Publications, 1994.

A brief examination of the importance of oral tradition in Nigerian culture, and as a source for the play. Aboyade, himself a Yoruban, describes the egungun celebration, explains the role of the praise-singer, and considers the way in which Elesin and his people would understand honor.

Durosimi Jones, Eldred, The Writing of Wole Soyinka, 3d ed., Heinemann, 1988.

The first edition of this volume, issued in 1973, was part of the Twayne World Authors Series, and for many years was considered the best book-length study of Soyinka. The third edition is still strong on the early years and early works, and on Soyinka's incorporation of Christian and Yoruba elements, but the discussions of later plays, including Death and the King's Horseman, are brief.

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