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Write a review of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman that analyzes the significance of race/culture, gender, and class in the social relevance of the play

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Write a review of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman that analyzes the significance of race/culture, gender, and class in the social relevance of the play. In preparing your analysis, agree or disagree with a previously written critique of Death and the King’s Horseman from which you provide one quote as well. What is your view of why the protagonist failed his mission? Should this type of tradition be permitted to exist among people in today’s world? In conclusion, draw a parallel between Soyinka’s play and any other text we have examined this semester. (Quote and MLA document a minimum of three passages from the play, and one passage from the critique/5-7 paragraphs, outline recommended)

Surname1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Exploring themes of race and culture The Coming or From “Superman” to Man novel was first published in 1977((Rogers 1). The novel attacked Africans notion of inferiority. Rodgers, the author of this novel, was against the ignorance that fuels racism. The novel's central plot revolves around a debate between a white racist southern politician and a Pullman porter. The author of this novel deals with bigotry and racism in an exemplary approach. The author of the novel elaborates how there lacks differences between humans' biological aspects and debunks the various stereotypes and prejudices applied by racists to justify ignorance and hatred towards people of color. Rodgers addresses the lack of scientific support for the lack of black history and the idea of race by using the bible as evidence to bring equality between people of color and whites. For instance, "Galatians 3:26-29" where no one is excluded from God’s purpose and love (Rogers 26). Rodgers's illustration to show God's words concern, speaks, and involves all people inclusively indicates that God created everyone. God loves all His creation; therefore, no human being is superior to the other irrespective of color and race. Rodgers novel themes advocating for racial justice and equality are relevant in the 21st century Surname2 because we all worship God, who loves humanity equally and just to all, and He is the only supreme being. The fact that intermarriages and unions existed through ought history indicates that the black race existed right from creation. Rodgers defends his idea of black people by quoting various bible verses where there were intermarriages. For instance, in Genesis 10, Nimrod, son of Cush (whose name means black founded a civilization in Mesopotamia (Rogers 32). .Further, in Genesis 11, Abraham's origin was Ur of the Chaldees, a land identifiable with black inhabitants (Rogers 35). Therefore, Abraham’s origin can be archeologically and historically proven to be racially mixed. The intermarriage culture continues today, indicating that no race or tribe is superior to the other and brings the equality aspect. The theme of slavery is evident in Rodgers's novel as he illustrates how African American porters subjugated themselves to whites in the early 1990s. Such moments in the novel presciently helps in understanding how racism continues to exist in the US. Rodgers, in his novel, brilliantly brings arsenal information that combats the white senators widely believed false ideas about race. Rogers creates a scenario about two gentlemen, white and another who is black, and they discuss stereotypes common during that era on a train ride (Rogers 56). The black man replies with each stereotype asked with a statistical, scientific, historical, and anthropological rebuttal debunking the myth (Rogers 63). In the 21st century, slavery is a thing of the past because all people are empowered equally in power, economically and socially. People are being taught about their rights in schools; therefore, slavery is becoming history in America. People are treated equally despite their social class status and race, though there are a few Surname3 instances that depict racial discrimination is still far from being fully contained, for instance, the cold murder of George Floyd, a black by a white police officer. I disagree with Rogers's work critics that argued that God punished people for their sins and made them black. The cainaite view holds on to the idea that Cain was born white, but God turned him black as punishment after killing his brother Abel, therefore becoming the black race progenitor (Hendriks 26). This argument fails to hold water because, in Genesis chapter 1, God is said to be the creator of humanity, loved the human race equally, and just. Therefore, God's knowledge of creation debunks the Euro-American myth of God cursing Cain and turning him black. Surname4 Work cited Hendriks, N. (2017). Superman: the man and the myth-a theological exploration of the influence of popular culture on masculinity (Doctoral dissertation, Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University). Rogers, J. A. (2014).