num_pages: 0
description: After four years of marriage, the brave hunter of the Rocky Town and his beautiful wife, Lola, are still without a child. Equipped with juju, sharpened machete, bow and poisonous arrows, flints and thunderbolts, he sets off in search of the Witch-Herbalist's medicine. For six years he journeys, conquering or escaping from such haunting characters as the Abnormal Squatting Man of the Jungle and the Crazy Removable-Headed Wild Man. Finally he reaches the Remote Town of the Witch-Mother and is given medicine for his wife, but on the way home he makes a decision with interesting consequences.
language: English
title: The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town
titlecomplete: The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Adventure, Literature, Fantasy, Africa
ratings_count: 43
places: Nigeria
publisher: Faber & Faber