In his play Death and King's Horseman, Wole Soyinka shows that women had important and recognized roles in traditional Yoruba society. Women fulfill their social, moral and spiritual roles as mothers, enforce discipline and guide the community. Iyaloja, the Mother of the Market, is politically and spiritually critical. In addition to enforcing discipline, its imposing image in terms of influence is a great source of nourishment for the entire community. In the play, market women are also able to assume positions of power, thereby reducing the man's superiority. Wole Soyinka shows different ways of thinking about power, influence and responsibility. The play opens with Elesin Oba, the king's horseman, on the day of his expected death. The king is dead and his main horseman is supposed, by law and custom, to commit suicide and accompany his sovereign to heaven. Walking among the local vendor, followed by an entourage of drummers and a praise singer, Elesin proclaims: “This market is my perch. When I come among women, I am a hen of a hundred mothers. I become a monarch whose palace is built with tenderness and beauty. Elesin generally refers to women as mothers. For him, no other place can offer such comfort. Here we see women playing their traditional roles as mothers, not as women who have given birth, but as women who nurture and support morally and spiritually. The market women sing his praises, dress Elesin in their richest clothes and dance around him. Women love to spoil their children, just like they love to spoil Elesin. In the same scene, a young girl catches Elesin's eye and he convinces the market women that he should be allowed to marry the middle girl. of paper....... She accurately distinguishes Elesin's mistakes and speaks to Pilkings as if he were beneath her, even referring to him as a child. The last words of the tragedy of Wole Soyinka are entrusted to Iyaloja. She directs the bride and the audience: “Now forget the dead, forget even the living, turn your minds only to the unborn.” » In the last line, Iyaloja suggests focusing on the future, what it holds for us and how to implement its culture. Iyaloja performs The women of The Death of Wole Soyinka and The King's Horseman have proven to be responsible, strong and have the will to carry out the future of the play. It is important to note that even the corpse of Olunde, who committed ritual suicide in place of his father, is carried by women. Throughout the play, even though women were not in executive positions, they guided Olunde's final passage to the other side..