A mouth sweeter than salt

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"A mouth sweeter than salt gathers the stories and reflections of the early years of Toyin Falola, the grand historian of Africa and one of the greatest sons of Ibadan, the notable Yoruba city-state in Nigeria." "Redefining the autobiographical genre altogether, Falola weaves together personal, historical, and communal stories, along with political and cultural developments in the period immediately preceding and following Nigeria's independence, to give us a unique and enduring picture of the Yoruba in the mid-twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: College teachers,  Nigeria, biography,  Nigeria, history,  Nigeria, social conditions,  Biography,  Nigerian Americans,  Social conditions,  Childhood and youth,  History

People: Toyin Falola

Places: Nigeria,  Austin,  Texas

Times: 1960-