Home People Amos Tutuola Amos Tutuola Amos Tutuola (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. Personal facts Birth dateJune 20, 1920 Birth placeNigeria , Abeokuta EthnicityYoruba people Date of deathJune 08, 1997 Place of deathNigeria , Ibadan facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Amos Tutuola on Wikipedia Amos Tutuola External resources http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tutuola.htm http://www.michaelswanwick.com/nonfic/tutuola.html http://www.qub.ac.uk/en/imperial/nigeria/amos.htm