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01235cam a2200313Ia 4500 001 6D12336A2B0A11DE8AF32708A8D7520A 005 200904162344.0 008 020628r20021975nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9780393322996 (pbk.) 020 $a 0393322998 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)50081549 040 $a AKR $c AKR $d SILO $d BAKER $d IOH $d SILO 082 4 $a 812.54 100 1 $a Soyinka, Wole. 245 1 $a Death and the king's horseman / $c Wole Soyinka. 260 $a New York : $b Norton, $c 2002, c1975. 300 $a 77 p. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a "Reissued as a Norton paperback 2002"--T.p. verso. 520 $a This play is based on events that took place in the town of Oyo in 1946. The king dies and it is expected that his chief horseman commit suicide and accompany him to heaven. The colonial district officer learns of this ritual and attempts to stop it. 600 00 $a Elesin $v Drama. 650 0 $a Drama $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Nigerian drama. 651 0 $a Nigeria $x History $v Drama. 939 $a 5480393 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718081135.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20181122011659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6D12336A2B0A11DE8AF32708A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search