Books Details
Author : D.O. Fagunwa Pages : 153 pages Publisher : City Lights Publishers Language :
eng ISBN-10 : 0872866300 ISBN-13 : 9780872866300
Books Descriptions
"His total conviction in multiple existences within our physical world is as much an
inspiration to some of the most brilliant fiction in Yoruba writing as it is a deeply felt
urge to 'justify the ways of God to man.'"?Wole Soyinka, translator and Nobel
LaureateA classic work of African literature, Forest of a Thousand Daemons is the first
novel to be written in the Yoruba language. First published in Nigeria in 1939, it is one
of that country's most revered and widely read works, and its influence on Nigerian
literature is profound, most notably in the works of Amos Tutuola.A triumph of the
mythic imagination, the narrative unfolds in a landscape where, true to Yoruba
cosmology, human, natural, and supernatural beings are compellingly and
wonderfully alive at once: a world of warriors, sages and kings; magical trees and
snake people; spirits, Ghommids, and bog-trolls. Here are the adventures of Akara-
ogun?son of a brave warrior and wicked witch?as he journeys into the forest,
