The Quest for the Rare Leaf and Other Yoruba Tales

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In this richly textured collection, Olabode Ogunlana brings to life the deep well of Yoruba oral storytelling, preserving tales once spoken under moonlit skies and within ancestral compounds. At its heart lies the haunting story of Gbola, sent into exile on a quest for a ‘rare leaf’ that may not exist—an odyssey of love, honour, betrayal and destiny. Rooted in the Remo dialect tradition and woven with wisdom, proverbs and mythic resonance, these stories bridge the world of elders and the modern reader. Both timeless and urgent, this volume safeguards a heritage at risk of fading from memory.

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5.06" x 7.81"

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Format

ISBN

9780992686321

Language

Number of Pages

199

Publisher

Books2Africa Press

Year of Publication

2013

Olabode Ogunlana, very much like a character in one of his stories, is one of those rare leaves, because having achieved much in the world of business, he has now set out on a new challenge – to share the Yoruba folklore handed down to him from an oral tradition that stretches back centuries, but is being lost, both to Yoruba speakers, and to the world. Ogunlana experienced at first hand the transition from predominantly oral cultures to the variety of means we have to share our stories today.

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