Feather Woman of the Jungle

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City Lights Books, 1988 - Fiction - 132 pages

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THE BIOGRAPHY OF MY TOWN IN BRIEF page
7
WAS TURNED INTO THE IMAGE FOR TWO YEARS
23
THE TREACHEROUS QUEEN AND THE KING IN
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Abeokuta Ajasa Alabi Ashabi asked beat beautiful lady began big sea birds body brought calabash camel canoe change back climb coffin cola-nuts course cowries cudgel cutlasses danced dogs drinks dump Ede town Egba entered eyes father fear Feather Woman fell fire flog following morning former forms front Goddess of Diamonds groaning hairy giant hand hastily head hear heard held hesitation hung hunting-bag husband ILE-IFE images jumped Jungle Witch junior brother kill king looking loudly lover matchet midnight minutes mother mountain night nymph o'clock Oduduwa ostrich paddle palace palm-fruits palm-wine paramount chief plantains prince punishment pushed removed the cover replied rest returned river rock rope round rushed Sela shouted greatly sleep started stone stood stopped story suddenly surprise told travelled tree unable village voice walked whips wife woke wonder wrapped food Yoruba

About the author (1988)

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He received his elementary education at a Salvation Army school and has lived mostly at Ibadan, where he was for a long time a messenger. His highly controversial reputation as a writer is based on his unique style, a type of pidgin English. Tutuola's most popular work so far is his romance, The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952), an extremely imaginative tall tale drawn from Yoruba legends and myths about a journey into the land of the dead. Despite the controversy surrounding Tutuola's "wrong" use of English, his historical significance as a writer cannot be disputed. Among the first black African writers to be published and win some degree of international recognition, he was also the first writer to see the possibilities of translating African mythology into English in an imaginative way. For all the controversy, Tutuola is highly popular and his books have been translated into many languages.

Bibliographic information

TitleFeather Woman of the Jungle
AuthorAmos Tutuola
PublisherCity Lights Books, 1988
Original fromPennsylvania State University
DigitizedMar 9, 2011
ISBN0872862151, 9780872862159
Length132 pages
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Fiction / General
Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
  
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