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The Master of the Forge: A West African Odyssey
The Master of the Forge A West African Odyssey Author:Harold Courlander Novelist and student of African oral literature Courlander tells the tale of Numukeba, a blacksmith who abandons his forge to seek honor and nobility as a soldier of fortune. Numukeba arms himself with the weapons of his forge and talismans of magical power and sets out on an 11-year journey through the land as he struggles to prove that an indi... more »vidual's destiny is not a series of accidents, but is written in steel as unbending as the weapons born in his forge.« less