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FOREST OF A THOUSAND DAEMONS
A HUNTER'S SAGA |
| By: |
D. O. Fagunwa, Wole Soyinda (Trans), Bruce Onobrakpeya (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£11.99 |
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£9.89 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0872866300 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780872866300 |
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| Publisher: |
CITY LIGHTS BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
24 September, 2013 |
| Pages: |
153 |
| Description: |
The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language. |
| Synopsis: |
Daniel O. Fagunwa was a Nigerian writer who pioneered the Yoruba language novel.Forest of A Thousand Daemons, first published in 1938, was the first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be published in any African language. Prior to this time, storytelling was an oral tradition.Translator Wole Soyinka was imprisoned for 22 months, and while incarcerated, Soyinka translated the novel into English.A classic of Nigerian literature, long out of print, with a key audience who will welcome its return.D.O. Fagunwa was the first Nigerian writer to employ folk beliefs in telling his storiesTranslated and with an Introduction by Wole Soyinka, who was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African in Africa and the diaspora to be so honored.Fagunwa is the most widely-read Yoruba language author, and a major influence on such contemporary writers as Amos Tutuola, author of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and The Palm Wine Drinkard. |
| Illustrations: |
6 B&W illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
City Lights Books |
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