- Yoruba (African people), Fiction in English, Fiction, Fantasy
The adventures of an African boy who strays into the world of the dead where his is lost for twenty-four years. Incorporates many unrecorded African myths.
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About the book
- Author
- Amos Tutuola
- First published
- 1954
- Pages
- 174
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, Atlantic Monthly Press, Faber and Faber (UK) groove press (US)
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571049691
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About Amos Tutuola · 1920–1997
Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales.
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