Death and the King's Horseman Resources

Check out this bio of Wole Soyinka to get some background on Soyinka. And in case you were wondering, yes, he is Yoruban.

Here's a more detailed biography on Soyinka, put together by the lovely people over at Stanford.

Their beef isn't so much with Soyinka's play as it is with the production, but still: This is a scathing review if we've ever seen one. And Soyinka directed. Ouch.

The author offers his reflection on the play—and its enduring influence—in 2009.

A near lifelong political activist, Soyinka has strong words for his government about Boko Haram.

Watch CNN's Christiane Amanpour interview Soyinka about the kidnapping of two hundred Nigerian girls.

Check out this interview with Soyinka about… well, a lot of stuff. It's nearly an hour long, after all.

Toni Morrison and other Nobel laureates honor Soyinka on his seventieth birthday. Now that's a party we’d like an invitation to.

Listen to (or read) Soyinka's Nobel lecture.

Check out a podcast with Soyinka produced by the Free Library of Philadelphia in 2012.

Here's a painting of the writer and activist himself.

Check out what staging looked like for the 2009 production of Death and the King's Horseman at the National Theatre in London.