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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. AMOS TUTUOLA, 77, Nigerian novelist who foraged into Yoruba folklore for his grisly tales; in Ibadan, Nigeria. In prose unfettered by grammatical conventions, Tutuola depicted mythic odysseys. In The Palm-Wine Drinkard, a wino travels to the afterworld and battles a horned monster to appease his hellish thirst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 30, 1997 | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

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