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Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate and one of the most prominent figures in New Literatures in English, deeply integrates elements of Yoruba ritual and drama into his plays, creating a powerful synthesis of traditional African performance and modern dramatic form. His plays, particularly *Death and the King’s Horseman*, *The Strong Breed*, and *A Dance of the Forests*, reveal how Yoruba cosmology, ritual, language, and dramatic structure are essential to his dramaturgy. One of the key elements Soyinka adopts from Yoruba ritual is the concept of the transitional world or the metaphysical realm, often referred to as the "fourth stage" in Soyinka’s theoretical framework. This stage is neither the living world nor the realm of the ancestors or gods, but a liminal space where transformation and reconciliation occur. In *Death and the King’s Horseman*, the character Elesin Oba is _____ ________ ___ ___ ________ __________ ______ _____ _____ ___ ___.
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