In another work, Mr. Pilkings attempts to assist Elesin, who kills himself anyway when his son Olunde commits ritual suicide in his place.
Extras  One poem by this writer opens by describing a prison "sixteen paces by twenty- three," where "they hold siege against humanity and truth employing time to drill through to his sanity." That poem, "Live Burial," appears in a collection with pieces like "Space" and "Flowers for My Land." In another work, Wild Christian remembers being chased by wood sprites with her brother Sanya after trespassing to harvest snails, and Essay lives in the parson compound. Mallam D is the Assistant Commissioner of Police in another work by this author of A Shuttle in the Crypt and the autobiographical novel Ake. In another work, Mr. Pilkings attempts to assist Elesin, who kills himself anyway when his son Olunde commits ritual suicide in his place. Another play depicts the fight between Baroka and Lakunle over the right to marry Sidi. FTP, name this Nigerian author of Death and the King's Horseman and The Lion and the Jewel.
Extras  One poem by this writer opens by describing a prison "sixteen paces by twenty- three," where "they hold siege against humanity and truth employing time to drill through to his sanity.
Wole {Soyinka}