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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

by Amos Tutuola

A journey through the world of ghosts

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Named one of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

    Named one of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time.

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A journey through the world of ghosts

First published in 1954, Amos Tutuola’s second novel places a small boy in an African forest inhabited by ghosts and fantastical beings, where finding a way out is far from assured. The forest journey brings Yoruba culture into contact with the influences of British and Christian colonialism in West Africa. This standalone edition includes an introduction by Kaveh Akbar. The premise combines folklore and fantasy with a colonial-era cultural setting, giving the boy’s struggle to leave the bush a wider context beyond its supernatural encounters.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Yoruba culture and folklore in fiction
  • Readers seeking fantasy set against the history of colonial influence in West Africa
  • Readers who enjoy journeys through supernatural worlds

Themes

Yoruba culture and folkloreGhosts and supernatural beingsColonial influence in West AfricaDisplacement and escape

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Book overview

Amos Tutuola's second novel recounting the fate of mortals who stray into the world of ghosts, now available in a standalone volume with an introduction by Kaveh Akbar

First published in 1954, now acclaimed as a modern classic, and named one of TIME's "100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time," My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is the second novel by the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola. A small boy finds himself lost in the heart of an impenetrable African forest, populated with fantastical beings and ghosts. As every hunter and traveler knows, it is almost impossible to leave the bush--yet the appearance of the television-handed ghostess may offer him a rare opportunity for escape. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a masterpiece of the surreal that blends Tutuola's native Yoruba culture with the encroaching influences of British and Christian colonialism in West Africa, a picaresque and darkly funny journey that is unique in literature.

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