He worked at Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation
Tutuola worked as a storekeeper at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation since 1956. He worked as a civil servant until retirement and went ahead to write 11 books. His last book The Village Witch Doctor and other stories were published in 1990.
He also worked as the research fellow to the University of Ife in 1979 and an associate to the international writing program at the University of Iowa in 1983.