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Authors: Amos Tutuola
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-14 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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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 u
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Pages: 98
Authors: Amos Tutuola
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-01 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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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 folklo
Drinking from the Cosmic Gourd
Language: en
Pages: 326
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-15 - Publisher: African Books Collective

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This book questions colonial and apartheid ideologies on being human and being African, ideologies that continue to shape how research is conceptualised, taught
Black Orpheus, Transition, and Modern Cultural Awakening in Africa
Language: en
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m
A History of Twentieth-century African Literatures
Language: en
Pages: 428
Authors: Oyekan Owomoyela
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-01-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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African literatures, says volume editor Oyekan Owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the African universe." Africa