by Amos Tutuola
After that I hinted to them about the “SECRET SOCIETY OF GHOSTS” which is celebrated once in every century. I told them that as it is near to be celebrated I like to be present there so that I may bring some of its news to them and other people. But when both of them heard so again from me, they said that I will not go to the Bush of Ghosts again in their presence. Of course they said this of their own accord, because I dreamed a dream that I am present when this “Secret Society of Ghosts” is performing and I believe so, because my dream always comes to the truth in future, however it may be. So you will hear about this news in due course.
“This is what hatred did.”
About the Author
Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. The son of a cocoa farmer, he attended several schools before training as a blacksmith. He later worked as a civil servant. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was published in 1952 and brought him international recognition. From 1956 until retirement, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company while continuing to write. His last book, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, was published in 1990. He died in Ibadan in 1997.
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THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD
SIMBI AND THE SATYR OF THE DARK JUNGLE
THE BRAVE AFRICAN HUNTRESS
FEATHER WOMAN OF THE JUNGLE
AJAIYI AND HIS INHERITED POVERTY
THE WITCH-HERBALIST OF THE REMOTE TOWN
PAUPER, BRAWLER AND SLANDERER
THE VILLAGE WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER STORIES
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