Author

Toyin Falola

Author's books

A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt

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A Mouth Sweeter than Salt gathers the stories and reflections of the greatest sons of Ibadan, the notable Yoruba city-state in Nigeria.

Redefining the autobiographical genre altogether, Falola miraculously weaves together personal, historical, and communal stories, along with political and cultural development in the period immediately preceding and following Nigeria’s independence, to give us a unique and enduring picture of the Yoruba in the mid-twentieth century.

This is truly a literary memoir, told in language rich with proverbs, poetry, song, and humor.