 First edition | |
| Author | T. M. Aluko |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | Nigeria |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 203 |
| ISBN | 978-0435900113 (reissued) |
| Preceded by | One Man, One Wife (1959) |
| Followed by | Kinsman and Foreman (1966) |
One Man, One Matchet is a novel written by Nigerian author T. M. Aluko and published in London [1] in the year 1964 as the 11th book in the Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel tells the story of a community in Western Nigeria during the end of the colonial period and beginning of independence. Set in a small community where the majority of the inhabitants are dependent on the revenue from their cocoa crops, the story looks at the role of the semi-literate [2] Benjamin Benjamin in the small community. [3]
