Question

In a play, a character with this title is told, “Cruel man, you have forgotten tomorrow,” by his employer’s ghost. In a trance, that man with this title presents his bloody sheets and says, “let me dance into the passage even as I have lived beneath your roofs.” A play in which a person with this title is told that “the child does not return through the same passage that gave it birth” was (10[1])inspired by the same incident as a Duro Ladipo play about a person with this title. In another play, a person with this title is called an “eater of leftovers” (-5[1])and tells the story of the “Not-I” bird to a praise singer. Pilkings imprisons that person with this title, causing his son, Olunde, to take his place in a ritual suicide. For 10 points, give this title for a Yoruba monarch’s right-hand man, which names a play by Wole Soyinka. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: king’s horseman [or ẹlẹ́ṣin ọba or ẹlẹ́ṣin aláàfin; accept olorì ẹlẹ́ṣin; accept Death and the King’s Horseman or Ikú olókùn-ẹṣin] (The Ladipo play is Ọbá Wàjà.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANYU A7310
Tom Doyle (UG)VassarHaverford103-5
Ethan Furman (DII)HaverfordVassar15410

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%136.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%137.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y850%0%50%141.25
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota01/27/2024Y2100%0%100%153.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%134.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers01/27/2024Y2100%0%50%113.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%103.00