Amos Tutuola, The Extra Ordinary Novelist Of Yoruba Phantasmagoria

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Amos Tutuola, The Extra Ordinary Novelist Of Yoruba Phantasmagoria
« on: August 26, 2007, 03:39 PM »

If you have not read any of the fantastic novels of Amos Tutuola, you have not read the best of World Literature.

If you enjoy reading J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, then you will enjoy reading the magical fables of this extra ordinary self-taught Nigerian writer and he was an associate of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP).

1·   The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1946, published 1952)
2·   My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954)
3·   Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1955)
4·   The Brave African Huntress (1958)
5·   The Feather Woman of the Jungle (1962)
6·   Ajaiyi and his Inherited Poverty (1967)
7·   The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town (1981)
8·   The Wile Hunter in the Bush of Ghosts (1982)
9·   Yoruba Folktales (1986)
10·   Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer (1987)
11·   The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories (1990)

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Re: Amos Tutuola, The Extra Ordinary Novelist Of Yoruba Phantasmagoria
« #1 on: February 25, 2008, 05:43 PM »

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