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THE IROKO-MAN: A Yoruba Folktale.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Orchard Books, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of the story 'Oluronbi' in "Yoruba Legends" by M. I. Ogumefu, published in 1929 - a story which echoes that of Rumpelstiltskin. Colorfully illustrated with acrylic and collage paintings by Holly C. Kim (her first children's book.) Large format, unpaginated. Reinforced binding. ISBN: 0-531086607.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 41875More details Price: $15.00 -
CLOTH THAT DOES NOT DIE: The Meaning of Cloth in Bunu Social Life.
Edition: First printing.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The use and production of cloth in Bunu (Yoruba) society in central Nigeria from 1900 to the present, and the traditions associated with that cloth. The title refers to a Yoruba saying that 'Cloth only wears, it does not die." Illustrated with 8 full color photographic plates and many black and white photographs, as well as figures and maps. . Notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 269 p. ISBN: 0-295-973927.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 47217More details Price: $25.00 -
AKE, THE YEARS OF CHILDHOOD
Edition: First US edition.
New York: Random House, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir of his childhood years (from roughly 1934-1944) in a sprawling parsonage compound in a small Yoruba town in Western Nigeria by the Nobel prize winning playwright, novelist and poet. 230 pp. Review laid in. ISBN: 0-394-528077.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 42764More details Price: $25.00 -
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS.
Edition: First paperback printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1964). The second novel by this Nigerian author, who based his books on Yoruba folktales and traditions. First published in 1954, this tells the story of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a wild and grotesque African forest, where he is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs. With a foreword by Geoffrey Parrinder. 174 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name - that of the poet Elizabeth La Place [Harrod] on the first page).
Book ID: 78953More details Price: $20.00