Home›Sources›Ikyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)SourcesIkyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)Ikyoive & Sheik, 2017Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Ikyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/ikyoive-sheik-ritual-cultural-politics-suicides-death-kings-horseman-2017.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Ikyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/ikyoive-sheik-ritual-cultural-politics-suicides-death-kings-horseman-2017Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-ikyoive-and-sheik-ritual-cultural-politi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Ikyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/ikyoive-sheik-ritual-cultural-politics-suicides-death-kings-horseman-2017}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA peer reviewed article by Tertsea Ikyoive and Ayub Sheik, confirmed at its Taylor and Francis abstract page under DOI 10.1080/10137548.2017.1359108. Its strength is a close reading of the play's ritual suicides against documented Yoruba belief rather than against a purely colonial reading of the text.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Reliability tier 1: a peer-reviewed article in the South African Theatre Journal, published by Routledge and Taylor and Francis, the strongest available evidentiary form for a claim about a play's cultural and religious politics.NotesWell-attestedChecked at its abstract page (South African Theatre Journal, Vol. 30, Nos. 1-3, 2017, pp. 55 to 74). The authors argue that the suicides in the play are best understood within Yoruba belief and ritual tradition as a necessary and pragmatic response to disrupted obligation, not primarily an escape from shame.CitationPublisherWell-attestedSouth African Theatre Journal (Routledge/Taylor and Francis)URLWell-attestedhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10137548.2017.1359108Source TypeWell-attestedpeer-reviewed articleCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithFrancis, Figures Well-attested This source names Francis directly: "Sheik, confirmed at its Taylor and Francis abstract page under DOI 10.1080/10137548.2017.1359108."Source Ikyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Literary Works, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Well-attested8ArticlesAdmired on the Page, Rare on the StageLiterary WorksDeath and the King's HorsemanSourcesIkyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)Holds1SourcesIkyoive and Sheik, "Ritual, Cultural Politics and the Suicides in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman" (2017)General References1Literary WorksDeath and the King's HorsemanComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year