A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

On April 4. 2009, Wole Soyinka's play "Death and the King's Horseman" was performed at the National Theatre in London. The 1975 drama tells the story of Elesin, the horseman of a local chief in Oyo, Nigeria, who, when his chief dies, is supposed to follow him into the afterlife.