Based on a real 1946 event: a Yoruba chief's horseman must follow his king into death, but the British colonial officer intervenes. Soyinka insists the play is not about a clash of cultures but about a metaphysical duty. He won the Nobel in 1986. The play's power comes from taking the Yoruba worldview completely seriously, on its own terms.

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.