Another recommendation from Marlon James. I think there's a lot to appreciate about the book's balance between universal themes (people coming together and facing odd and difficult challenges) and more regional themes (Yoruba mythology, Nigerian natureculture). I can definitely see how this is an ur text for Tutuola and James and other authors writing in West African fantastical styles, though I prefer the linguistic play of those later authors - I'm not sure how much is a matter of Soyinka's translation. 

Wish this could get the same attention as its European contemporaries like The Hobbit!