English is Black Moses. One of the author's six favorite books, as shared at The Week magazine:The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos TutuolaRead about the other entries on the list.
This 1952 novel, which draws from the Yoruba tradition of oral storytelling, is about the multiplicity of the African voice, with its beliefs, fables, and enchanting qualities. The storyteller is obviously so drunk that the reader can't help feeling a little intoxicated as well. Tutuola, who died in 1997, remains one of Africa's greatest writers.
--Marshal Zeringue
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