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Wole Soyinka Biography and Timeline

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Wole Soyinka, historical timeline

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1975

Death and the Kings Horseman Written

Author · Arts / Literature

Wole Soyinka wrote Death and the King's Horseman, a play drawing on Yoruba history and ideas of communal obligation. Its conflicts explore colonial interference and the meaning of ritual responsibility.

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