King’s Horseman
14 Nov
Written by Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka, “Death and the King’s Horseman,” is a tragic play based on the true events of Elesin Oba; the Yoruba King’s horseman which describes the traditional beliefs of the Yoruba culture as well as their perception of life and death. The recent adaptation of this play is a Netflix…
12 Jul 2020
My whole life as a child was very much surrounded by theatre, including traditional theatre, the Egungun performances, the masquerades. The Egungun used to come and perform, not so much in the compound, but outside the missionary compound, and they did not just parade...