Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty | Amos Tutuola

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6th book for #ReadingAfrica2022 #Nigeria 🇳🇬
I've read enough Tutuola now that there is a repetitive familiarity with his style & the nature of the episodic situations in which his characters find themselves, which is fine as I enjoy both.
There's a throwaway bit of the strange on page one in which Ajaiya introduces herself, saying that her story happened 200 years ago when she came into the world through other parents as a boy & not a girl. 👇🏼

Bookwomble ... This isn't alluded to again, but seemed to hang over the narrative as it unfolded, and just felt subtly subversive in a way I can't quite articulate. I love Tutuola's ability to put me slightly off balance 🙂
@BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 2y

Librarybelle Great review! 2y

Bookwomble @Librarybelle Thanks 😊 2y

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Bookwomble

Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty | Amos Tutuola

"A tormentor forces his victims to be hardy." ??☮

TrishB Ouch 💔 2y

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Bookwomble

Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty | Amos Tutuola

Starting the day off with a PCR test followed by a cooked vegetarian breakfast at the Nostalgia Tea Rooms, with a little read.
PCR test because I was pinged by the NHS app as having had a close contact with an infected person, but no symptoms and a negative LFT, so I'm not worried about the result.

Zoes_Human What is this I see at the “bottom“ of the plate under the tomatoes and potatoes, please? 2y

Bookwomble @Zoes_Human They are veggie sausages with brown sauce 😋 2y

TrishB Lovely brekkie ♥️ and fingers crossed 🤞🏻 2y

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Bookwomble

Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty | Amos Tutuola

My sixth book for #ReadingAfrica2022 is from #Nigeria 🇳🇬
As I've read and enjoyed several of Amos Tutuola's books I've a high degree of confidence that I'll love this one, too.
In Ajaiyi's quest to improve his fortunes, he travels to unfamiliar places and meets with wizards, fire demons and unicorns. So, all in a typical day's work for one of Tutuola's protagonists!
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle I see the author is also from Nigeria…great choice! 2y

BarbaraBB I‘ve never even heard of this author! 2y

Bookwomble @BarbaraBB Tutuola was the first African author to be published in English outside of Africa. Faber published his first book, "The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town" in 1952, and its follow-up, "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" in 1954, which are based on Yoruba folktales. They're darkly humorous and I recommend them, though they have a distinct, idiosyncratic style which you either love or hate. I ❤ ?

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Bookwomble @Librarybelle He's fantastic, in all the meanings of the word 😁 2y

BarbaraBB Thank you so much 😊 2y

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