West Africa

A Bibliography of Sierra Leone 1925-67, compiled by G. J. Williams, 370 pp. Africana Publishing Corp., New York, $I8.00.

West African Drama: Folk, Popular and Literary, A. Graham-White , Stanford University Press, Stanford, California; contains a bibliography of over 400 items.

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 10; contains on pp. 24-33 the West African section, compiled by M. Amosu, of 'Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature I969"

University of Ibadan Library Record, XXII; lists acquisitions by the Library; has a new literature section.

A List of Ghanaian Newspapers and Periodicals, A.N. de Heer , 16 pp. Research Library on African Affairs, Accra, Ghana.

Africana Library Journal, I, I (see AFRICA: GFNFRAL, Journals); contains ' Chinua Achebe: A Select Bibliography', H. Silver , pp. 18-22.

Amali, Samson O. O. God Poems I-VI, 25 pp. Available from University Bookshop, U. of Ibadan, paper, £0.I0 (N)

— Worlds Within Worlds and Other Poems, 49 pp. Privately published. Ibadan, paper, £0.25 (N)

Atilade, E.A. The History of the Nigerian Civil War in Poems. Privately published, Ibadan, photo-copies. (N)

Clark, J.P. Casualties: Poems I966-I968, 62 pp. Longmans ; cloth, £I.50; paper, £0.47 1/2; and Africana Publishing Corp., New York, $2.75. (N)

Mezu, S. Okechukwu. The Tropical Dawn, 60 pp. Black Academy Press, Buffalo, N.Y.; cloth, $5.00; paper, $3.00; poems (pp. 27-60) and essay 'Poetry and Revolution in Modern Africa' (pp. 7-24); 2nd revised edn; first published 1966.

Tolson, Melvin. Libretto for the Republic of Liberia. Macmillan (African American Library), New York, $I.50. (Liberia)

Aidoo, Ama Ata. Anowa, 64 pp. Longmans, £0.40. (Gh)

Dipoko, Mbella Sonne. 'Overseas' in African Arts/Arts d'Afrique, III, 4, pp. 45-7 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals): extract from a new play. (Cameroon)

Sutherland, Efua T. Foriwa. Ghana State Pblg. Corp., Accra, £0.42 1/2 (Gh)

Aidoo, Ama Ata. No Sweetness Here, 134 pp. Longmans, paper, £0.50; short stories. (Gh)

Aluko, T.M. Chief the Honourable Minister, 214 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series) , paper, £0.60. (N)

Amadi, Elechi , The Great Ponds, 217 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.32 1/2; first published 1969, Wm. Heinemann. (N)

Armah, A.K. Fragments, 287 pp. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, $5.95. (Gh)

Egbuna, Obi. Daughters of the Sun and Other Stories, I12 pp. O.U.P. (Three Crowns Series) , £0.35; short stories. (N)

Ibukun, O. The Return, 272 pp. E.A.P.H., Nairobi, Kenya, Ksh.9.50.

Ike, V. Chukwuemeka. The Naked Gods, 288 pp. Harvill Press, £I.50. (N)

Nwankwo, Nkem. Danda, 218 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.27 1/2; and Humanities Press, New York, $I.25; first published 1964, André Deutsch. (N)

Nwapa, Flora. Idu, 218 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.60. (N)

Ojigbo, Anthony Okion. 'The African Polygamist' in Présence Africaine, 76, pp. 171-80 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals). (N)

Okara, Gabriel. The Voice, with Introduction by A. Ravenscroft, 127 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series) , paper, £0.32 1/2; and Africana Publishing Corp., New York, paper, $I.50; first published 1964, André Deutsch. (N)

Okpewho, Isidore. The Victims, 200 pp. Longmans; cloth, £I.50; paper, £0.60. (N)

Soyinka, Wole. The Interpreters, with Introduction and Notes by E. Jones, 260 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.45; first published 1965, André Deutsch.

Tutuola, Amos. The Brave African Huntress. Grove (Evergreen) , New York, $I.95; first published 1958, Faber.

— My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Grove (Evergreen) , New York, $I.95; first published 1954, Faber.

— The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, $8.25; first published 1952, Faber.

Ulasi, Adaora Lily. Many Things You No Understand, 190 pp. Michael Joseph, £I.50.

Africa Speaks , ed. J. P. Berry , 120 pp. Evans Brothers, £0.45.

Azikiwe, B.N. My Odyssey: An Autobiography, xii + 452 pp. Hurst. (N)

Dipoko, Mbella Sonne. 'My People' in Présence Africaine, 73, pp. 148-55 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals). (Cameroon)

Equiano, Olaudah. The Life of Olaudah Equiano: Or, Gustavus Vasa, The African, 1789, ed. with Introduction by P. Edwards , 2 vols., cxii + 272 pp. and iv + 255 pp. Dawsons, £I0.50. (N)

Markovitz, Irving Leonard. Leopold Sedar Senghor and the Politics of Negritude. H.E.B. , 1969, £3.I5.

Sancho, Ignatius. Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African, with Intro-diction by P. Edwards, 310 pp. Dawsons, 1968, £5.50; first published, 1792 .

Sawyerr, H. God: Ancestor or Creator, xiii + I18 pp. Longmans ; cloth, £I.25; paper, £0.90. (SL)

Beti, Mongo. King Lazarus, translated from the French, 191 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.40; first published 1960, Frederick Muller . (Cameroon)

Ladipo, Duro. Three Plays, H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.50. (N)

Laye, Camara. A Dream of Africa, translated from the French by James Kirkup, 157 pp. Fontana, paper, £0.25; first published 1968, Collins. (Guinea)

Nuer Customs and Folklore, compiled and translated by R. Huffman, xiv + 108 pp. Cass, £3.00; reprint; first published 1931 , International African Institute.

Tales Told in Togoland, compiled and translated by A. W. Cardinall, 290 pp. Clarendon Press, Oxford, £3.50; reprint; first published 1931 , International African Institute.

U'Tamsi, F.T. , Poems, selected and translated from the French by G. Moore, xvi + 141 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.55. (Congo)

Yoruba Poetry, ed. and translated by U. Beier , 126 pp. C.U.P., £I.65. (N)

Achebe, Chinua. Chinua Achebe, D. Carroll , 156 pp. Twayne, New York, $4.50.

— 'Achebe on Commitment and African Writers', B. Lindfors in Africa Report , XV, 3, pp. 16-18 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— 'Architecture du Monde: Chinua Achebe et W. B. Yeats', T. Melone in The Conch, II, I, pp. 44-52 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— 'Chinua Achebe', in W. Walsh , A Manifold Voice, pp. 48-61 (see COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL, Criticism).

— 'Chinua Achebe and the Aristotelian Concept of Tragedy', R.L. Landrum in Black Academy Review, I, I, pp. 22-30 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— 'Chinua Achebe és a nigériai regény' ('Chinua Achebe and the Nigerian Novel' B. Lindfors in Helikon, No. I/I970, pp. 22-32 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Special Issues Devoted to African Literature).

— ' La tragique héros de Chinua Achebe', S.O. Mezu in L'Afrique Littéraire et Artistique, 4 (1969), pp. 22-5.

— 'Language as Theme in No Longer at Ease', F. Riddy in JCL, 9, pp. 38-47.

Reviews of Chinua Achebe ( D. Carroll ), C.L. Larson in Books Abroad , XLV, I, pp. 186-7 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals);

and P. Young in Ibadan Studies in English, II, I, pp. 204-7 (see Journals);

and of Chinua Achebe ( A. Ravenscroft ), D.J. Weinstock in Research in African Literatures, I, 2, pp. 219-21 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— ' The Folktale as Paradigm in Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God', B. Lindfors in Studies in Black Literature, I, I, pp. I-15 (see AF RICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— 'The Structure of Achebe's Things Fall Apart', J. Dedenuola in Nigeria Magazine , 103, pp. 638-9 (see Journals).

— 'Un romancier nigérian: le réalisme tragique de Chinua Achebe', Y. Benot in La Pensée, October issue, pp. 122-30.

— 'When A Man Fails Alone', H. Scheub in Présence Africaine , 74, pp. 61-89 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals); discusses Things Fall Apart.

Amali, Samson O. O. 'Selected Poems', R.G. Armstrong in Ibadan, 28, pp. 93-8 (see Journals); a review.

Amadi, Elechi. Review of The Great Ponds, R.E. Morsberger in Books Abroad , XLIV, 3, p. 528.

Armah, Ayi Kwei. 'A Beautyful Novel', R.W. Noble in JCL, 9, pp. 117-19; review of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.

— Reviews of Fragments, C.R. Larson in Books Abroad, XLIV, 4, p. 707; and S.H. Grant in Africa Report, XV, 7, pp. 40-42.

Asare, Bediako. Review of Rebel, I.H. Munro in Books Abroad, XLIV, 3, pp. 525-6.

Brew, Kwesi. 'Kwesi Brew: The Poetry of Statement and Situation', E. Thumboo in African Literature Today, 4, pp. 19-36 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

Clark, J.P. 'Some Notes on Song of a Goat by J. P. Clark', J.A. Adedeji in Ibadan, 28, pp. 99-101.

— 'An Ibadan Dawn: The Poetry of J. P. Clark', E. Thumboo in Books Abroad , XLIV, 3, pp. 387-92.

Dipoko, M.S. Review of Because of Women, R.E. Morsberger in Books Abroad , XLIV, 2, p. 353.

Echeruo, Michael J. Review of Mortality, R.E. Morsberger in Books Abroad , XLIV, 3, pp. 528-9.

Ekwensi, Cyprian. Review article on Iska, H.L.B. Moody in Nigeria Magazine, 103, pp. 634-7.

Konadu, Asare. Review of Ordained by the Oracle, P. Saxon in Books Abroad, XLIV, 2, pp. 354-5.

Laye, Camara. 'An African Sentimentalist: Camara Laye - The African Child', P. Edwards and K. Ramchand in African Literature Today, 4, pp. 37-53.

Okara, Gabriel. 'The Problem of Communication in Two West African Novels', S.O. Anozie in The Conch, II, 1, pp. 12-20; on The Voice.

— ' Introduction', A. Ravenscroft in The Voice, pp. 1-21 (see Fiction, under Okara).

Okigbo, Christopher. 'Interview with Christopher Okigbo, I965', M. White-law in JCL, 9, pp. 28-37.

—' Okigbo Misrepresented: Edwin Thumboo on "Love Apart"', R. Egudu in Présence Africaine , 76, pp. 187-93 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— ' Poetry and Empirical Logic: A Correspondence Theory of Truth in Okigbo's Laments ', S.O. Anozie in The Conch, II, 1, pp. 54-65.

Senghor, Leopold Sédar. Leopold Sédar Senghor and the Politics of Negritude, I.L. Markovitz , 303 pp. H.E.B., 1969, £3.I5; and Atheneum, New York , 1969.

— The African Image in the Work of Senghor, B. van Niekerk , 140 pp. Balkema, Cape Town, South Africa, R4.50.

Soyinka, Wole. Review of performance of Madmen and Specialists in New York Times, 3 August.

— Review of Poems from Prison, E.D. Jones in African Literature Today, 4, pp. 58-9.

— 'The Traditional Content of the Plays of Wole Soyinka', O. Ogumba in African Literature Today, 4, pp. 2-18.

— 'Two Nigerian Writers: Tutuola and Soyinka', B. King in The Southern Review , VI, 3, pp. 843-8 (Louisiana State University); discusses Kongi's Harvest and Idanre .

Tutuola, Amos. Amos Tutuola, H.R. Collins , xvi + 146 pp. Twayne , New York, 1969, $4.95.

— 'Amos Tutuola: Littérature et folklore ou le problème de la synthèse' , S.O. Anozie in Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, 38, pp. 335-51.

— 'Amos Tutuola and D. O. Fagunwa', B. Lindfors in JCL, 9, pp. 57-65.

— 'Founding a New National Literature: The Ghost Novels of Amos Tutuola' , H.R. Collins in Critique, 4.

— 'Oral Tradition in the Works of Amos Tutuola', S. Takacs in Books Abroad , XLIV, 3, pp. 392-8.

— 'Structure and Utopia in Tutuola's The Palm Wine Drinkard', S.O. Anozie in The Conch, II, 2, pp. 80-88.

— 'The Narrative and Intensive Continuity: The Palm Wine Drinkard', R.P. Armstrong in Research in African Literatures, I, 1, pp. 9-34.

— 'The Palm Wine Drinkard: A Re-Assessment', M. Ogundipe in Ibadan, 28, pp. 22-6 (same contributor under married name, see next item).

— 'The Palm Wine Drinkard: A Reassessment of Amos Tutuola', O. Leslie in JCL, 9, pp. 48-56.

— 'Two Nigerian Writers' See last Soyinka item, above; also discusses Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty.

'A nyagat afrikai színház története' ('History of the Theatre in West Africa'), P. Páricsy in Helikon, No. I/I970, pp. 33-42 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Special Issues Devoted to African Literature).

'Action and Freedom in Two African Novels', G. Moore in The Conch, II, 1, pp. 21-8 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals); on Ouologuem's Le devoir de violence and Armah's The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.

' Anticipation of Civil Conflict in Nigerian Novels: Aluko and Achebe', R.M. Wren in Studies in Black Literature, I, 2, pp. 21-32 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals)

' Bartered Birthright: A Comment on the Attitudes to the Past in West African Writing', J. Povey in National Identity, pp. 38-50 (see COMMONWEALTH : GENERAL, Criticism).

' Le nouveau roman africain', S.O. Anozie in The Conch, II, 1, pp. 29-32.

Modern Nigerian Novels, V. Klima. Oriental Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1969 .

' Nigerian Novelists', J. Parry in Contemporary Review, 200, p. 377.

' The Art of Igbo Dance Poems', R. Egudu in African Studies , XXIX, pp. 272-8 (U. of the Witwatersrand Press, Johannesburg).

' The Cradles of Modern African Writing: A Case Study of Igbo Market Literature' , S.O. Mezu in The Conch, II, 1, pp. 3-11.

' The Problem of Communication in Two West African Novels', S.O. Anozie in The Conch, II, 1, pp. 12-20.

' Traditional Yoruba Theatre', J.A. Adedeji in African Arts/L'Arts Afrique, III, 1 (1969), pp. 60-63 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

' West African Literature in English in the Sixties', B. Lindfors in Negro History Bulletin, 33, pp. 80-81.

Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review, VIII, ed. B. Fonlon. C.L.E., P.B. 4048, Yaounde, Cameroon. Annual sub., US$3.00.

African Language Review, ed. D. Dalby, Dept. of Modern European & African Languages, U. of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Ibadan: Journal of Ibadan University, 28, ed. T. A. I. Grillo. U. of Ibadan , Nigeria, £0.I0.

Ibadan Studies in English, II, 1, ed. P. Young and J. McVeagh, Dept. of English, U. of Ibadan , Nigeria, £0.50; rest of Africa, £0.52 1/2; elsewhere, £0.62 1/2.

Ife Writing: Magazine of the Writers' Circle, University of Ife. U. of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, £0.05.

Insight: A Quarterly Review of World Affairs, 27-30. British High Commission , 62-64 Campbell St., Lagos, Nigeria, £0.05.

Nigeria Magazine, 103-4, ed. T. O. A. Adebanjo. Cultural Division, Ministry of Information, P.M.B. I2524, Lagos, £0.I0. Annual sub., £0.40.

Nigerian Opinion, ed. B. J. Dudley. Nigerian Cultural Affairs Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, U. of Ibadan , Nigeria.

Odu: A Journal of African Studies, n.s. 3-4, ed. I. A. Akinjobin, Institute of African Studies, U. of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Okyeame: Ghana's Literary Magazine, ed. Efua Sutherland. Institute of African Studies, U. of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

Sierra Leone Studies. Sierra Leone Society, U. of Sierra Leone , Freetown; twice annually.

West Africa, Nos. 2744-2795. Daily Times of Nigeria Ltd., Apapa, Lagos; weekly.