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In A Mouth Sweeter than Salt: An African Memoir, Toyin Falola depicts his experiences growing up in Ibadan, Nigeria, the second largest city in Africa. Weaving together personal, historical, and communal tales, along with political and cultural commentary on the era immediately preceding and following Nigeria’s independence, Falola provides a unique and enduring picture of the Yoruba in the mid-twentieth century. Falola presents more than just a story of his childhood experiences; rather, he narrates the riches of Yoruba culture and community—its history, traditions, pleasures, mysteries, household settings, contours of power, travails, and complicated social arrangements.
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Bangura, A.K. (2015). A Mouth Sweeter than Salt: A Fractal Analysis. In: Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137492708_7
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