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Elesin Oba, a man of “enormous vitality,” was the chief horseman of the dead king. As the king’s companion, Elesin enjoyed a luxurious life of rich food and fine clothing, the rewards of a man . Death and the King's Horseman Wole Soyinka,Simon Gikandi, This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King s Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States . Death and the King’s Horseman is a complicated play, and some familiarity with both the Yoruba people and their religion is necessary to understand even the most basic plot points in the play.  Jun 1, · This drama describes Elesin, the chief horseman of the king of a Nigerian village, who loses the respect of the villagers when he fails to take steps to follow his dead ruler into the afterlife Reissued as a Norton paperback --T.p. verso Originally published in Accelerated Reader UG 3. , Death and the King's Horseman is Soyinka's powerful examination of the ex­ plosive tension between traditional African culture and the West. The king of a Nige­ rian village has died, and Elesin, his chief horseman, is expected to commit death and accompany his ruler to heaven. The en­ tire village joins in honoring him, until a. Death and the King’s Horseman — 7 — PRAISE-SINGER: In their time the great wars came and went, the little wars came and went; the white slavers came and went, they took away the heart of our race, they bore away the mind and muscle of our race. The city fell and was rebui lt; the city fell and our people trudged through mountain and.