Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle by Amos Tutuola

Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle is the fabulous tale of Simbi, a rich and beautiful girl with a wonderful singing voice.

She tires of her comfortable lifestyle, and decides that she must come to know poverty and punishment.

The story tells, with terrifying imagination and comic invention, of how she achieves this experience and how, in the end, she escapes from it.