Gods and Heroes: Itan-Legends of the Golden Age Book One (Itan Legends of the Golden Age 1)

Gods and Heroes is the first volume of the Itan-Legends of the Golden Age trilogy about the thousand-year story of the Yoruba people. It starts with the establishment of Ile-Ife by Oduduwa and the great sacrifice of the heroine Moremi. The ancient gods of Yorubaland Obatala Orunmila Ogun and Olokun all play their part as well as the great heroes and heroines of antiquity-Oranmiyan Sango Oya Oba Esigie of Benin and Obanta of Ijebuland. The author uses the genre of the historical novel in a refreshing and imaginative fashion to present the whole tableau of Yoruba history. The result is a vast and rich panorama enlivened with traditional myths and legends seen through the eyes of a single Yoruba family and the Old Woman the fabled storyteller.