Amos Tutuola - Free Library Land Online

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This is the story of Ajaiyi, a man born into poverty who is determined to improve his situation. In the hope of finding the money he needs, he travels through unfamiliar lands filled with strange creatures. He meets the Spirit of Fire with its huge feathered head and flaming body, and receives assistance from a wizard and a unicorn. Yet, in the end, the answer to his woes is not far from home.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.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:17:51 +0200 The Palm-wine Drinkard https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97601-the_palm-wine_drinkard.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97601-the_palm-wine_drinkard.html

The incredible adventures of a young man who is ‘The palm-wine drinkard, and his Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead’s Town’. This is one of those germinal books, that stretches the imagination in directions one never expects. Written in English by a West African, the use of the language and the imagery it creates is extraordinary.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 15:20:48 +0300 The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97804-the_village_witch_doctor_and_other_stories.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97804-the_village_witch_doctor_and_other_stories.html

The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories

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.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:22:48 +0200 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/96205-my_life_in_the_bush_of_ghosts.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/96205-my_life_in_the_bush_of_ghosts.html

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.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:02:34 +0200 Don't Pay Bad for Bad & Other Stories (Cheeky Frawg Historicals) https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/95049-dont_pay_bad_for_bad_and_other_stories_cheeky_frawg_historicals.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/95049-dont_pay_bad_for_bad_and_other_stories_cheeky_frawg_historicals.html

Don't Pay Bad for Bad & Other Stories (Cheeky Frawg Historicals)

]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:46:16 +0200 Feather Woman of the Jungle https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/95253-feather_woman_of_the_jungle.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/95253-feather_woman_of_the_jungle.html

In Feather Woman of the Jungle, the people of a Yoruba village gather on ten memorable nights to hear the stories and wisdom of their chief. They learn of his adventures, among them his encounter with the Jungle Witch and her ostrich, his visit to the town of the water people and his imprisonment by the Goddess of Diamonds. Each night the people return, eager to discover if there is a happy ending.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.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:49:03 +0200 The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/98220-the_witch-herbalist_of_the_remote_town.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/98220-the_witch-herbalist_of_the_remote_town.html

After four years of marriage, the brave hunter of the Rocky Town and his beautiful wife, Lola, are still without a child. Equipped with juju, sharpened machete, bow and poisonous arrows, flints and thunderbolts, he sets off in search of the Witch-Herbalist's medicine. For six years he journeys, conquering or escaping from such haunting characters as the Abnormal Squatting Man of the Jungle and the Crazy Removable-Headed Wild Man. Finally he reaches the Remote Town of the Witch-Mother and is given medicine for his wife, but on the way home he makes a decision with interesting consequences.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:28:22 +0200 Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97005-simbi_and_the_satyr_of_the_dark_jungle.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97005-simbi_and_the_satyr_of_the_dark_jungle.html

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.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:13:35 +0200 The Brave African Huntress https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97210-the_brave_african_huntress.html https://writing.library.land/amos-tutuola/97210-the_brave_african_huntress.html

This is the story of Adebisi, a brave African huntress who sets out for the Jungle of the Pigmies to rescue her four brothers. Along the way, she conquers a giant, serves as the barber to a king and endures the horrors of the pigmies' prison. Yet she will not give up. By employing her strength and intelligence, she finds a way to release her brothers and returns home to a hero's welcome.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:15:32 +0200