DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i04.003

Pages: 808-811

The present study analyses Amos Tutuola’s novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, which is based on Yoruba folktales, and makes an attempt to explore the elements of traditional Yoruba culture that have persisted through time, as well as the history of change in Yorubaland that led to the writing of this novel. His writing, Mr. Tutuola says, is rooted in his village, in the folk tales he heard as a child and collected as an adult. The paper in particular deals with death references in the original and its adaptations in the present text which in turn is infused with humor. The paper also attempts to look into people’s need to treat such a grave subject as Death lightly.