This is a fascinating book, in many ways unlike anything I have ever read and yet also very familiar. The book is narrated by the Drinkard. The first thing that strikes you (within the opening sentences) is that this is a non-judgemental world. The Drinkard describes himself as professional drink...
How do you review a book when you are not confident that you have the toolset to understand it? Perhaps that is where you start.I've never read a book like this before.My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a fascinating adventure through the landscape of a mysterious civilization hidden in the West Af...
A collection of stories drawn from Yoruba legend and tradition, containing characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society and the supernatural. Born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola's other works include "The Palm Wine Drunkard." (Amazon)
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, ...
After 18-year-old Adebisi inherits her father's hunting profession, she searches for her four brothers who vanished in the Jungle of the Pygmies before she was born.
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, c...
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...
There is no chance for other matter in the stomach of a hungry person. *Immediately we left that town, we began to run away in the forest as fast we could so that the Chief Idol Worshipper and his people might not be able to capture us. Because we believed that all of them...
Adisa was faithful to Ade in everything that they did. But Ade was unfaithful to Adisa in all respects, but of course this was not revealed to Adisa. At that time, there was a king who reigned in their town. This king was very cruel to all offenders. He reserved a bush in ...