{"id":202,"date":"2017-08-14T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2024-06-17T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:05:37","slug":"death-crossroads-dramatic-reading-yoruba-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/death-crossroads-dramatic-reading-yoruba-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Death at the Crossroads: A Dramatic Reading of Yoruba Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 19 \u2013 August 6, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"215\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4249\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2017\/08\/13-Death-at-the-Crossroads-22.jpg\" alt=\"death costume\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2017\/08\/13-Death-at-the-Crossroads-22.jpg 215w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2017\/08\/13-Death-at-the-Crossroads-22-129x300.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/>The Museum\u2019s extensive Yoruba collections are showcased in this exhibit, set as a visual narration of Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka\u2019s classic play, <em>Death and the King\u2019s Horseman<\/em>. The play takes place in colonial-period Nigeria, West Africa, and centers on the funeral of a Yoruba king and the British government\u2019s attempts to stop it. Visitors can trace the character arc of the play\u2019s protagonist, Elesin, through an exploration of Yoruba masks, sculpture, clothing, tools, and musical instruments. The exhibit comments on the themes of the play, including visual\/verbal metaphor, power and politics in society, gender roles, colonization, and what it means to lead a good life (and death).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 19 \u2013 August 6, 2016 The Museum\u2019s extensive Yoruba collections are showcased in this exhibit, set as a visual narration of Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka\u2019s classic play, Death and the King\u2019s Horseman. 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