WRITER

Amos Tutuola

1920 - 1997

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Amos Tutuola (Yoruba: Ámósì Tutùọlá; 20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amos Tutuola has received more than 187,264 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Amos Tutuola is the 3,451st most popular writer (up from 3,944th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 28th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nigerian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amos Tutuola ranks 3,451 out of 7,302. Before him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Robert M. Parker Jr., David C. H. Austin, Vladimir Megre, Carlo Rosselli, and Andreï Makine. After him are István Örkény, Johann Ernst Glück, Zora Neale Hurston, Frédéric Dard, Nemesianus, and Akazome Emon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Amos Tutuola ranks 214. Before him are Jorge Pacheco Areco, Georges Marchal, Fernando Riera, Hannie Schaft, Virginia Mayo, and Clark Terry. After him are Camillo Felgen, Machiko Hasegawa, Danilo Alvim, Lea Padovani, Augusto da Costa, and Fiorenzo Magni. Among people deceased in 1997, Amos Tutuola ranks 153. Before him are Andrew Cunanan, Ella Maillart, Ziya Bunyadov, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zaur Kaloev, and Natallia Arsiennieva. After him are Arthur Machado, Brian Keith, Chris Farley, Cahit Arf, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and Léon Poliakov.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola ranks 21 out of 309. Before him are Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Francis Arinze (1932), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Rashidi Yekini (1963), and Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942). After him are Victor Osimhen (1998), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Tijani Babangida (1973), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), and Shehu Shagari (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola ranks 4. Before him are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), and Olaudah Equiano (1745). After him are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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