Based on real historical events, Yor-b-oy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther''s miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting
''Run, -j-, run!''
The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of -og-n, thirteen-year-old -j-''s life was split in two.
Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yor-b-ods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So -j- becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family.
Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Biyi B-- has created a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of -j-''s last day of freedom t
