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About D. O. Fagunwa

D. O. Fágúnwà, one of the most well-known figures of the pioneering generation of African writers, wrote mostly in Yoruba. He was born in Òkè-Igbó, Ondo State, Nigeria, to Christian convert parents. Fágúnwà was a product of the missionary-inflected social and education system put in place, in the main, by Africans Christians, originally under the direction of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and designed to train native agency to move Africa to modernity. His first novel, entitled Ògbójú Ọdẹ Nínú Igbó Irúnmalè (The Forest of a Thousand Daemons, trans. Wole Soyinka), was published by the Church Missionary Society in 1937. Others soon followed including, Igbó Olódùmarè (The Forest of Olodumare, trans. Wole Soyinka), Ìrìnkèrindò Nínú Igbó Elégbèje (Expedition to the Mount of Thought, trans. Dapo Adeniyi), Ìrèké Oníbùdó, and Àdììtú Olódùmarè (The Mysteries of God, trans. Olu Obafemi). Although Fágúnwà is most celebrated for his novels, he was also a travel writer, a fact attested by his two-volume travel memoir: Ìrìnàjò, Apá Kinní (1949) and Ìr

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D.O. Fagunwa was born in 1903 or c. 1910, Okeigbo, Ondo state. A Yoruba man from southwest Nigeria. He died December 9, 1963, near Bida. He was a Yoruba chief and educator whose series of fantastical novels made him one of Nigeria’s most celebrated writers. Fagunwa’s first novel, "Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale" (1938; "The Forest of a Thousand Daemons"), was the pioneering full-length novel published in the Yoruba language. His subsequent works include "Igbo Olodumare" ("The Forest of God") published in 1949, "Ireke Onibudo" (1949; "The Sugarcane of the Guardian"), "Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje" (1954; "Wanderings in the Forest of Elegbeje"), and "Adiitu Olodumare" (1961; "The Secret of the Almighty"). Besides these novels, Fagunwa also authored several short stories and two travel books, solidifying his influence in Nigerian literature.

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Daniel O. Fagunwa
Nigerian author
ChiefDaniel Olorunfẹmi FágúnwàMBE (1903 – 7 December 1963), popularly known as D. O. Fágúnwà, was a Nigerian author of Yorùbá heritage who pioneered the Yorùbá language novel.^[1]
Early life
Daniel Oròwọlé Fágúnwà was born in Òkè-Igbó, Ondo State in 1903, to Joshua Akíntúndé Fágúnwà and Rachel Òṣunyọmí Fágúnwà.^[2] He had three sisters, Mary Adéyẹmí, Ojúọlápé and Ọmọ́túndé.^[3] Prior to his family's conversion to Christianity, his name was Oròwọlé Jàáníìni. The name Oròwọlé, refers to the Yorùbábullroarer deity, Orò.
Fágúnwà's parents were originally adherents of the traditional Yorùbá religion until they converted to Christianity in the late 1910s to early 1920s. Upon conversion, he changed his name to Ọlọ́runfẹ́mi (God loves me).^[4]
He attended St. Luke's School, Òkè-Igbó from 1916 to 1924. After completing his primary education there, he taught as a student teacher in the same school in 1925.^[5]
From 1926 to 1929, he attended St. Andrew's College, Ọ̀yọ́ in order to train as a