num_pages: 84
description: Based on the real events that took place in the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria in 1946, this play tells how Simon Pilkings, a district officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide demanded by the death of the King. There follow drastic repercussions in both indigenous and colonial communities.
language: English
title: Death and the King's Horseman
titlecomplete: Death and the King's Horseman
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Nobel Prize, African Literature, Nigeria, Africa, School, Fiction
ratings_count: 4363
places: Oyo, Africa, Nigeria
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Premio letterario Giuseppe Acerbi
publisher: A&C Black - Methuen