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Death and the King's Horseman: Methuen Student Edition (Methuen Student Editions) (1st Edition) by Wole Soyinka, Jane Plastow (Editor) Paperback, 89 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-413-69550-6 / 0413695506 ISBN-13: 978-0-413-69550-5 / 9780413695505 Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favorite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British colonial officer, Pilkings, intervenes. "The action of the play is as inevitable and eloq |