Nigerian author D.O.Fagunwa died fifty years ago, and they recently held a conference, D.O.Fagunwa: Fifty Years On -- and there are now some extensive account of it: in The Guardian (Nigeria) Gbenga Salau reports Fagunwa's literary exploits in focus, 50 years after exit, while in PM News Derin Ajao reports on Celebrating D.O. Fagunwa's Enduring Legacy.
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka delivered the keynote address, continuing his longtime support of the author, whose Forest of a Thousand Daemons he translated from the Yoruba -- a book that City Lights, bless them, is re-issuing next month.
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka delivered the keynote address, continuing his longtime support of the author, whose Forest of a Thousand Daemons he translated from the Yoruba -- a book that City Lights, bless them, is re-issuing next month.