The Village Witch Doctor | Essays and Criticism

  • Themes of "The Village Witch Doctor"

    In the following essay, Brent discusses the themes of cleverness and deceit and poverty and wealth in ''The Village Witch Doctor.''

  • Africa & The West Indies

    In his brief review of Amos Tutuola's new volume of stories, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, Richard Bauerle still finds delight in Tutuola's tales, which are based on traditional Yoruba embellished with some modern twists.

  • Precise Approximations and Trickster Tales

    In the following brief review, John Haynes discusses Amos Tutuola's book The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, a collection of fables and retellings of old Yoruba folk tales for which Tutuola is widely known.