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Quotes from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts — Amos Tutuola

1920–1997 Nigeria

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Performed a juju which changed me to a horse unexpectedly, then he put reins into my mouth and tied me on a stump with a thick rope.

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954)

I was seven years old before I understood the meaning of ‘bad’ and ‘good,’ because it was at that time I noticed carefully that my father married three wives as they were doing in those days, if it is not common nowadays.

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Amos Tutuola (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.