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Born 1920 • Abeokuta • Nigeria
Died June 8, 1997 (aged 77) • Ibadan • Nigeria
Notable Works “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” • “Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle” • “The Palm-Wine Drinkard”
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