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Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by HacheNoire: 3:31pm On May 23, 2020 |
Who is going to read all this? |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by folake4u(f): 3:49pm On May 23, 2020 |
Nice piece Ishilove |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by LOVEGINO(m): 3:50pm On May 23, 2020 |
Hahahaha. I read dis book when I was 12 |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by ednut1(m): 3:58pm On May 23, 2020 |
Brilliant piece 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:01pm On May 23, 2020 |
Imunique:Thank you. It is pretty glaring if you read with an open mind. Art imitates real life if you know from what angle to look at it from. 1 Like |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:03pm On May 23, 2020 |
folake4u:Thanks |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:03pm On May 23, 2020 |
promiseland245:Thank you!! |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by BluntTheApostle(m): 4:04pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove: What a book. And what a writer Tutuola was. Tutuola had a short formal education, hence the "chaotic" narrative. He and Fagunwa will always have their special place in Literature. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Fucsheetup(f): 4:16pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove:Wow, I must read this book! Great thread. Very spooky! |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:19pm On May 23, 2020 |
BluntTheApostle:I have never read any of Fagunwa's books. I think the chaotic narrative is one of the unique qualities of the book. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by zicoraads: 4:20pm On May 23, 2020 |
LoL. I still have it on my table at work. The analogies you made out of it is brilliant. I read all and could have easily read more. Well done Ishi. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:20pm On May 23, 2020 |
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Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:20pm On May 23, 2020 |
zicoraads:Thanks |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 4:21pm On May 23, 2020 |
Topesal:Follow this link https://www.nairaland.com/5876208/palmwine-drinkard-amos-tutuola-how#89864304 |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Fucsheetup(f): 4:24pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove:Thank you! |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by rossychik(f): 4:30pm On May 23, 2020 |
I can only say thank you very much for this exposure. I read it in my first year but was not really a folklore person besides the English was nothing to write home about. So I never really considered it for a second read, but I will try and do so. Secondly, I must commend you for the way u related the book to today's problems, it was really inspirational, you are really talented. Thanks |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Nickymezor(f): 4:38pm On May 23, 2020 |
Gosh,its been ages I read the book...it was hilarious, scary n weird way back 1 Like |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by iPopAlomo(m): 4:47pm On May 23, 2020 |
I read all Amos books before I turned 10.... All the books... I still owe Ibadan boys high school one book as I never returned it. But to see people find it scary... Interesting. 1 Like |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by iPopAlomo(m): 4:49pm On May 23, 2020 |
obailala: Exactly... It was all funny to me... Not scary one bit... Best book I read as a kid. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by traihit: 5:04pm On May 23, 2020 |
First time I'm hearing about the book. I've heard about Amos Tutuola once even though I've read almost all Fagunwa's books. Thanks op for the analysis. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Unlimited22: 5:10pm On May 23, 2020 |
My ability to stay with this book was the precursor of my love for Nnedi Okoroafor. The book is a gem. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by scaler345: 5:54pm On May 23, 2020 |
Thanks OP. I read this book during my primary school days. Wierd!!! |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by ThothHermes: 5:59pm On May 23, 2020 |
I did not read this book. Strange. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by BluntTheApostle(m): 6:02pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove: It isn't actually a unique quality of the book. In Literature, there is a technique called oral-written hybridity. The writer writes as if they are telling the story orally. So, they don't pay attention to plot styles. They are not interested in grandness or exquisiteness or syntax. They just want to tell a story. So, before Amos Tutuola, there was Patricia Grace with her "chaotic" narratives. However, Amos Tutuola invested in Yoruba folklores and produced a powerful magical realism. As for Fagunwa, he wrote in Yoruba. If you don't understand or can't read Yoruba, you can read Wole Soyinka's translation of one of Fagunwa's novels, "A Forest of a Thousand Daemons". 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Hydronium(m): 6:07pm On May 23, 2020 |
Some really surreal experiences in that book, similar to those in Fagunwa's 'Ogboju Ode ninu Igbo irunmole' BTW, can someone please help me with where to get 'Forest of a thousand daemons'? |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by blank(f): 6:14pm On May 23, 2020 |
I read this book when i was about 9yrs old. It was so scary but so interesting. My dad would sit me down and explain some of the stuff but i just read it as fiction. Couldn't sleep in my bed at a point towards the end. 2 Likes |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by J2381: 6:17pm On May 23, 2020 |
iPopAlomo:bros how you? Been a while. Happy new year. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by Ishilove: 6:51pm On May 23, 2020 |
BluntTheApostle:Magical realism! How delightfully apt I actually thought Fagunwa's books had been translated to English. I saw one Igbo Irumole book he wrote on someone's profile a while back |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by BluntTheApostle(m): 6:58pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove: Many, if not all of his novels have been translated into English. One of my uncles translated Igbo Olodumare as his PhD thesis. I hope to make my own translation one day. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by dapadawee: 7:08pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove:during my days in school I learnt that this was the first literature work in Nigeria. though eroded with a lot of grammatical blunders, you cannot but acknowledge the creative humour of the writer so captivating. |
Re: 'The Palmwine Drinkard' By Amos Tutuola & How It Relates To Social Media Slaying by bukatyne(f): 8:15pm On May 23, 2020 |
Ishilove: Yeah |
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