{"product_id":"forest-of-a-thousand-daemons-a-hunters-saga-paperback","title":"Forest of a Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. O. Fagunwa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWole Soyinka\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBruce Onobrakpeya\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout D.O. Fagunwa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1938, entering a literary contest of the Nigerian education ministry, Daniel O. Fagunwa wrote \u003cem\u003eForest of a Thousand Daemons\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the first novels to be written in any African language. Fagunwa was the first Nigerian writer to employ folk philosophy in telling his stories and his influence on Nigerian literature is profound, most notable in the works of Amos Tutuola.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFagunwa studied at St. Luke's School and St. Andrew's College in Nigeria, before becoming a teacher himself. In 1959, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe died in 1963 and remains the most widely-read Yorùbá-language author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Translator Wole Soyinka\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkinwande Oluwole Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, notable especially as a playwright and poet; he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first person in Africa and the diaspora to be so honored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoyinka has remained active in Nigeria's political history and its struggle for independence from Great Britain. In 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War, he was arrested by the federal government of General Yakubu Gowon and put in solitary confinement for two years. It is there that he translated \u003cem\u003eForest of a Thousand Daemons.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoyinka has taught at Cornell, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and Emory University, where in 1996 he was appointed Robert W. Woodruff Professor of the Arts. With civilian rule restored to Nigeria in 1999, Soyinka returned to his nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Illustrator Bruce Onobrakpeya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA world-renowned artist, Bruce Onobrakpeya is best known for his printmaking, painting and sculptures. He has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and the Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, Sweden. In 1990 he participated in the 44th Venice Biennale where he received an honorable mention. He has received awards from the University of Ibadan, the Solidra Circle award, the Living Human Treasure Award given by UNESCO, and is the second winner of the prestigious Nigerian Creativity Award by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Its first winner was Chinua Achebe. Onobrakpeya is a founding member of the Society of Nigerian Artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 153\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984090857773,"sku":"9780872866300","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bjF3MGhtQk0xQTJLNUVHdWw3NFFGZz09.webp?v=1776081871","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/forest-of-a-thousand-daemons-a-hunters-saga-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}