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Touch of Roots

the palmwine drinker and dead winemaker near the city of the dead

Paper, ink, 1996, 30 х 40 cm

Illustration to the book of the nigerian writer Amos Tutuola about journey of Palmwine Drinker. The Drinker is a position in African society supposing constant degustation of palm wine which is made by Winemaker. Unfortunately the best Winemaker fell from the palm and died, so Drinker went to World of dead to find him. He had many adventures on the way, made friends with spirits or fought them, found the wife and eventually came to the City of Dead. Everything is going on in opposite way there, people are getting younger and then are born back in usual world.He found the Winemaker but he refused to come back. On the drawing the moment is depicted when the Winemaker offers bananas and wine to the Drinker and his wife near the walls of City of Dead. The dead people are watching it with embarrasment as they do not eat but spit out the food.

Kaleb

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