Postcolonial · Drama / memoir
Death and the King’s Horseman
by Wole Soyinka. A major work by Wole Soyinka exploring power, ritual, colonialism; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
- Date
- 1975
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Era
- Postcolonial
- Genre
- Drama / memoir
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A major work by Wole Soyinka exploring power, ritual, colonialism; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.