Originally published 1938 | ||
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Languages of Africa books Chaka, Song of Lawino, Wizard of the Crow: A Novel, The Languages of Ghana | ||
Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀ (English title: The Forest of a Thousand Daemons; Proper translation: A Brave Hunter in the Forest of Demons) is a 1938 novel by D.O. Fagunwa. It was the first full-length novel in Yoruba, and was one of the first novels to be written in any African language. It contains the picaresque tales of a Yoruba hunter encountering folklore elements, such as magic, monsters, spirits, and gods.
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