As a nobody son of a nobody, I dare not caress the blade of the king’s sword with the palms of my hands. Otherwise, blood shall trail my footsteps to Ìmògún, the ancient place of skulls, where the ...

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In British-occupied Nigeria, a Yoruba king, the Alafin, has died, and it is the duty of his horseman, Elesin, to accompany him into the afterlife. While lustily enjoying the pleasures of this ...

Utopia Theatre and Sheffield Theatres today announce the full cast for the city’s first ever staging of Death of the King’s ...

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Oladele’s passion for Yoruba heritage is not limited to book ... Years later, when Eweka became a king of Bini, he was hailed as Oba, in the language of our people, rather than the previous ...

THERE is a reason Yoruba always warn an elder off a fistfest with a junior. There is also an Ndigbo proverb; “E tie dike ...

Eze Ohazurume of Ghana, however, eulogized the humanitarian spirit of the monarch which according to him, has made the revered Yoruba king loved not only by his subjects but also by people at home ...

Death and the King's horseman (1975) by Wole Soyinka is a play by Wole Soyinka based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria during the colonial era: the horseman of a Yoruba King was prevented ...

The Ijesha kingmakers, Osun State’s  Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and other stakeholders now have a delicate matter that they ...

Together, they tell the story of Elesin, the king's horseman, who must honour the Yoruba tradition of ritual suicide to accompany the deceased king on his final journey. The production will be a ...