The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town
The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', "The Palm-Wine Drinkard" is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.

The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 0571311547

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This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.'Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching.' Dylan Thomas, Observer'Tutuola's art conceals - or rather clothes - his purpose, as all good art must do.' Chinua Achebe

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0571311555

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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola's second novel, was first published in 1954. It tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. He is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs, but after several years he marries and accepts his new existence. With the appearance of the television-handed ghostess, however, comes a possible route of escape.'Tutuola ... has the immediate intuition of a creative artist working by spell and incantation.' V. S. Pritchett, New Statesman

A Deeper Love Inside
A Deeper Love Inside

Author: Sister Souljah

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-02-18

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1439165327

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Natural-born hustler Porsche Santiaga refuses to accept her new life in juvenile detention after her family is torn apart and fights to regain what she has lost.

Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0571311342

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Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle is the fabulous tale of Simbi, a rich and beautiful girl with a wonderful singing voice. She tires of her comfortable lifestyle, and decides that she must come to know poverty and punishment. The story tells, with terrifying imagination and comic invention, of how she achieves this experience and how, in the end, she escapes from it. Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was acquired by T. S. Eliot and published by Faber in 1952.

The Palm Wine Tapper
The Palm Wine Tapper

Author: Michael Asamonye

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1481768549

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Th e Lion is king of the jungle. Yet the Giant Ape conquers the Lion. Giant Ape is overcome by a Bee in a contest. How will the animal kingdom survive? Th is is a book of fables, myths, folktales, verses and stories. it is an illustration of the contrasts of life in general.

Yoruba Folktales
Yoruba Folktales

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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The author ranks as one of the foremost living traditional African storytellers - as recognised by the acclaim of his first book, The Palmvine Drinkard. This book includes seven folktales especially for young adults, but of universal appeal. Beautiful black and white ink drawings illustrate the tales whose cast of characters include humans, a goddess, an elephant woman, a boa constrictor and a shell-man.

The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories
The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0571311334

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Yoruba legend and culture were the source of much of Amos Tutuola's writing and the stories collected here are no exception. They feature characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Their very titles - from 'The Duckling Brothers and their Disobedient Sister' to 'Don't Pay Bad for Bad' - are evocative of a unique blend of tradition and imagination, which belongs to the same universal culture as Aesop and the Brothers Grimm.