Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

Amos Tutuola

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• eBook ISBN:
  9780571311361
• Year: 2014

This is the story of Ajaiyi, a man born into poverty who is determined to improve his situation. In the hope of finding the money he needs, he travels through unfamiliar lands filled with strange creatures. He meets the Spirit of Fire with its huge feathered head and flaming body, and receives assistance from a wizard and a unicorn. Yet, in the end, the answer to his woes is not far from home.

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was acquired by T. S. Eliot and published by Faber in 1952.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• Ajaiyi and his inherited poverty
• THE FUNERAL CEREMONY OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER
• I PAWNED MYSELF FOR MONEY
• WE WERE KIDNAPPED AND SOLD
• THE SPIRIT OF FIRE
• THE CRUEL KING
• DON’T PAY BAD FOR BAD
• I VISITED THE CREATOR IN RESPECT OF MY POVERTY
• AT LAST WE REACHED THE TOWN OF THE CREATOR
• WE LEFT THE TOWN OF THE CREATOR WITH EMPTY HANDS
• WE ARE NOW IN THE GOD OF IRON’S TOWN
• WE ESCAPED TO THE COUNTRY OF THE WITCHES
• THE WITCH MOTHER TURNED INTO THE PUPIL OF THE EYES
• WE RETURNED TO THE VILLAGE WITH OUR POVERTY AND THE TALKING LUMPS OF THE IRON
• THE VILLAGE WIZARD TOOK US TO DEVIL FOR MONEY
• I BECAME SERVANT TO THE DEVIL-DOCTOR
• THE WITCH DOCTOR AND I IN MY VILLAGE
• About the Author
• By the Same Author
• Copyright