Amos Tutuola was born in the Nigerian city of Abeokuta in 1920. His parents were Christian cocoa farmers, of the Yoruba race. At the age of twelve he began to attend the Anglican Central School in his home town. His formal education lasted only five years, as he had to leave school when his father died in order to learn a profession. He went to Lagos to train as a blacksmith in 1939, and from 1942 to 1945 he practised his trade for the Royal Air Force in Nigeria. After this he worked as a messenger for the Department of Labour in Lagos, then as a storekeeper for Radio Nigeria in Ibadan. He was married and had six children.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
The Palm-wine Drinkard (1952)
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954)
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1955)
The Brave African Huntress (1958)
Feather Woman of the Jungle (1962)
Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty (1967)
Witch Herbalist of the Remote Town (1981)
Wild Hunter in the Bush of the Ghost (1982)
Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer (1987)
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954)
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1955)
The Brave African Huntress (1958)
Feather Woman of the Jungle (1962)
Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty (1967)
Witch Herbalist of the Remote Town (1981)
Wild Hunter in the Bush of the Ghost (1982)
Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer (1987)
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