RELIGIOUS PROFANATION, COLONIAL INTERVATION AND AFRICAN CONSCIOUSENESS IN DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN, BY WOLE SOYINKA
Abstract
In this critical study of a play by the Nigerian author Wole Soyinka, we analyze the cultural meanings of conflicts between British colonialists and Yoruba natives, including acts of religious desecration and the different ways of perceiving the world. In his fictional portrayal of 1940’s Nigeria, Soyinka reveals tactics of colonial opposition such as mimicry and discursive resistance, destabilizing the imperialist narrative and emphasizing Yoruba traditions and conscience. Besides that, the author highlights cultural hybridism as an inevitable and even beneficial reality for postcolonial societies.
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