Amos Tutuola, who was unknown to both African and Western readers at the time of the publication of The Palm-Wine Drinkard, occupies a unique place in the literary world. While his novels have ...

Tutuola, Amos 1920– Tutuola is a Nigerian novelist of international reputation. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12, rev. ed.) . That conflict between tribal beliefs and modern technology ...

Amos Tutuola's life and work present a fascinating study in contrasts and unexpected achievements. Despite a limited education and humble beginnings, he became a pioneer in African literature ...

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Amos Tutuola’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954) opens simply: When a raiding party from a nearby tribal war descends on a village, looking to conscript slaves, a terrified seven-year-old ...

The Palm-Wine Drinkard was Tutuola’s first novel, allegedly written over the course of a few days when the author was twenty-six years old, and it remains his best-known work. The book was ...

The Palm-Wine Drinkard Summary. T he Palm-Wine Drinkard is a 1953 novel by Amos Tutuola about an unnamed man who goes on a journey looking for a deceased palm-wine tapster.. The narrator and ...

Complete summary of Amos Tutuola's The Village Witch Doctor. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Village Witch Doctor.

Tutuola's experience, then, is very personal, and his vision particularized; nonetheless, the elements that furnish the substance of his writings derive in a recognizable way from his culture. His ...

Amos Tutuola’s pioneering novel draws heavily on traditional Yoruba literature, often transmitted orally. The author pulls together elements of diverse folk tales to create a sort of linear ...