Soyinka's works

Death and the King's Horseman

Veteran Nigerian writer Femi Osofisan believes it's Soyinka's best play to date.

Set in Nigeria under British colonial rule, and based on a true event, the play is about a Yoruba tradition that after a chief dies, his horseman commits ritual suicide. But the convention, under sudden British intervention, turns out to cause even bigger chaos.

The play reveals the Yoruba people's perception of the world and explores motifs of life and death.