Chapter 1, Page 1
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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.
— Amos Tutuola
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Source: Wikiquote: "Amos Tutuola" (Quotes, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954))
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About Amos Tutuola
Amos Olatubosun Tutuola Odegbami (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales.
About Amos Tutuola
Amos Olatubosun Tutuola Odegbami (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales.
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