Daniel Orowole Olorunfemi Fagunwa
, 1903 - 1963
Chief Daniel Orowole Olorunfemi Fagunwa Mbe was born in 1903 in Ile Oluji/Okeigbo (Yoruba land), Nigeria and died in 1963. He was also commonly called D.O Fagunwa. He was the father of Yejide Ogundipe and wrote mainly in the Yoruba language. Forest of a Thousand Daemons is his first publication on a list of five. It was first published in the Yoruba language and later translated into English by the Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka.
Source:
Bamgboṣe, Ayọ, The novels of DO Fagunwa, Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1974.
Bio prepared by Divine Che Neba, University of Yaoundé 1, nebankiwang@yahoo.com and Chester Mbangchia, University of Yaoundé 1, mbangchia25@gmail.com
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