Description: Up for sale is the Scarce first English "free translation" of the late Chief D.O. Fagunwa's novel Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale, the most famous of all works of Yoruba fiction published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in London, 1968. "Chief Fagunwa was the leading writer in any West African language. Perrhaps Akara Ogun, the hhero of this novel, is the late Chief himself- a Yoruba Bunyan, or the novel may be a pilgrimage of the Yoruba race. Perhaps none of this a intended and we have no grounds to read such things into it. Whether or not such a lofty allegory was intended, The Forest of a Thousand Daemons at the disposal of a wider reading public as story whose main themes are universal and time honoured. The type of Fantasy in it may have a touch peculiar to the Yoruba, and there is no reason why it shouldn't, but the quest for lasting happiness and peace of mind, and the hazards of that quest belong to all mankind. Wole Soyinka, the author of this ( translation/adaptrion of the) novel, is the leading Nigerian playwright. A Dance of the Forest, Brother Jero, The Strong Breed, The Lion and the Jewel, which was produced at the Royal Court Theatre in 1967, these plays and a number of Poems...are some of Mr. Soyinka's literary achievments..."
Price: 250 USD
Location: San Francisco, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1968
Language: English
Illustrator: Bruce Onabrakpeya
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Vintage Paperback
Author: Wole Soyinka D. O. Fagunwa
Region: Africa
Personalized: No
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
