Okello Oculi’s “Banana Man”: Musings on tradition, colonialism and modernity, By Yusuf Bangura

It is thrilling to be immersed in Oculi’s world of bountiful proverbs and thick descriptions of things and activities. Banana Man confirms the adage in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart that in Africa, “proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.” Oculi was, surely, a master of proverbs. May he enjoy the

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