BOOKS FROM NIGERIADeath and the King's Horseman
by Wole Soyinka
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Set in Nigeria
Male author
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Based on real events that took place in Oyo, the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946. Simon Pilkings, a well-meaning District Officer, intervenes to prevent a ritual suicide of the Yoruba chief, Elesin - a sacrificial suicide demanded by the death of the king.