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What conflicts are explored in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman?
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In the context of African theatre, Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman (1975) is widely regarded as his finest play. It explores the fundamental conflict between the spiritual and the mortal world.1