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...Buy one for a mother who sees all baby accessories as a statement of intent. artipoppe.com The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola first edition, £500I was once the astounded recipient of a first-edition...
...But the Nigerian novel that looms largest for Obioma is Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952), a journey into the land of the dead that draws deeply on a well of folk-tale and legend....
...Her mother, who survives her, was the celebrated soul singer Cissy Houston, who made her name in the family gospel band the Drinkard Sisters. Dionne Warwick was Whitney’s first cousin....
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