| One Man, One Matchet | |
| Author: | T. M. Aluko |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Historical novel |
| Publisher: | Heinemann |
| Release Date: | 1964 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 203 |
| Isbn: | 978-0435900113 |
| Isbn Note: | (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]