Yorb Boy Running

Yorb Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting 'Run, j y, run!' The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of sogn, thirteen-year-old j y's life was split in two. Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorb gods 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 y 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. From the heart-stopping drama of j y's last day of freedom to his consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, Biyi Bndl's kaleidoscopic reimagining of Crowther's life is a brilliant tour de force. WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM WOLE SOYINKA 'A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Biyi Bndl had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. Yorb Boy Running is no exception Chiwitel Ejiofor Cover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 The artist.