Yoruba Boy Running

Yor�b� Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting'Run, Aj�y�, run!'The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of Osog�n, thirteen-year-old Aj�y�'s life was split in two. Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yor�b� gods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So Aj�y� becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family. From the heart-stopping drama of Aj�y�'s last day of freedom to his consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, Biyi B�nd�l�'s kaleidoscopic reimagining of Crowther's life is a brilliant tour de force. WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM WOLE SOYINKA'A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie`Biyi B�nd�l� had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. Yor�b� Boy Running is no exception' Chiwitel EjioforCover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 c The artist.