A seven-year-old boy fleeing slave raiders wanders for decades through a surreal bush of ghosts drawn from Yoruba folklore.
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A seven-year-old boy fleeing slave raiders wanders for decades through a surreal bush of ghosts drawn from Yoruba folklore.
The adventures of an African boy who strays into the world of the dead where his is lost for twenty-four years. Incorporates many unrecorded African myths.
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Slave raids, wartime peril, and visceral grotesque ghost encounters
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Christian and Yoruba spiritual beliefs woven throughout the journey
Yoruba folklore and supernatural ghost-world encounters drive the plot
Extended sojourn among ghosts and spirits of the dead
Colonialism, slavery, and traditional-versus-Western cultural themes
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Enslavement, domestic violence, abuse, and incarceration depicted
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