Feather Woman of the Jungle
Title | Feather Woman of the Jungle PDF eBook |
Author | Amos Tutuola |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | 123 |
Release | 2014-10-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571311350 |
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.
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle
Title | Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle PDF eBook |
Author | Amos Tutuola |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | 111 |
Release | 2014-10-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571311342 |
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.
The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories
Title | The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Amos Tutuola |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | 98 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571311334 |
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.
The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town
Title | The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town PDF eBook |
Author | Amos Tutuola |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Alcoholics |
ISBN |
This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', "The Palm-Wine Drinkard" is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.
Long Drums & Cannons
Title | Long Drums & Cannons PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Laurence |
Publisher | University of Alberta |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780888643322 |
Up-to-date biographies with a list of works for each of the writers, detailed annotations to the original text and a glossary complete this edition."--BOOK JACKET.
The Brave African Huntress
Title | The Brave African Huntress PDF eBook |
Author | Amos Tutuola |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | 131 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571311385 |
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.
Mother is Gold
Title | Mother is Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Roscoe |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 1971-07-02 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521080927 |
How did West African literature in English begin? What influences affected its birth and development? How much does it imitate European models? How is traditional African culture influencing modern writing? What kind of experiments are being tried? These are some of the questions, relevant to African writing throughout the continent, which this critical study discusses by examining the most significant work in verse, prose, drama, children's literature, journalism and political writing in West Africa. The author examines the writing of major figures such as Soyinka, Achebe, Okara, Clark, Tutuola and Ekwensi as well as that of authors whose work is not as widely known.