Ìrèké Oníbùdó (English translation: The Sugarcane of the Guardian)
Ìrèké Oníbùdó tells of how both his parents died when he was younger, leaving him without any relatives or money. He improves his life by breeding chickens. However, he is forced to flee when he is falsely accused of seducing the wife of the farmer he lives with. He journeys through the town of the dead (Irewesi) to Backward People town (Ero-ehin). There he finds chaos, with people stealing, fighting and killing one another. To escape, he swims out to a ship, however, during a storm, the ship capsizes and Ìrèké Oníbùdó is taken prisoner by the Gargantuan-mermaid. She gives him a series of impossible tasks but Ìrèké Oníbùdó's mother appears to him and with her help, he completes all the tasks. His mother and her heavenly troops then kill the Gargantuan-mermaid and the residents of the palace.
NOVEL IS WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN THE YORUBA LANGUAGE
