West Africa

A Bibliograpby of Sierra Leone, I925-67, ed. G. J. Williams , xxxii+209 pp. Africana Pblg. Corp., New York, $I8.00 and Meir C. Holmes, £7.25.

Bibliography of Nigeria, N.O. Ita , 320 pp. Cass, £6.50.

Studies in Modern Black African Literature (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Criticism); contains 'The History of Black African Literature: A Select Bibliography of Criticism', P. Páricsy ; Ghana, pp. 113-14; Nigeria, pp. 116-17.

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, VI, 2; contains on pp. 15-24 the West African section, compiled by D. I. Nwoga, of 'Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature I970'.

Studies in Black Literature, II, I (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals) contains on pp. 20-21 'Bibliography of Chinua Achebe', S.J. Hanna.

Achebe, Chinua. Beware Soul Brother and Other Poems 38 pp. Nwankwo-Ifejika, Enugu, Nigeria, 7s 6d. (N)

Awoonor, Kofi. Night of My Blood, 96 pp. Doubleday (Anchor Books), New York, $I.95. (Gh)

Chinweizu. 'Misencounter' , Transition, 40, p. 27 (see Journals).

Okai, John. The Oath of the Fontomfon and Other Poems, 15 8 pp. Simon & Schuster, New York, $6.95. (Gh)

Okigbo, Christopher. Labyrinths With Path of Thunder, 88 pp. Wm. Heinemann, cloth, £I.25 ; H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.40. (N)

Peters, Lennie. Katchikali, 70 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.40. (G)

Soyinka, Wole. Shuttle in the Crypt, 144 pp. Rex Collings; cloth, £I.50; paper, £0.75. (N)

—— 'Poems of Bread and Earth', Transition, 39, pp. 21-22. (N)

Taylor, Wilfred H. Till We See Again. Outposts Pblns., Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, £0.25. (G)

Wonodi, Okegbule. Dust of Exile, [30 pp]. Pan-African Pocket Poets, Ife, Nigeria. (N)

Maddy, Pat Amadu. Obasai and Other Plays, 184 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), £0.65; contains 'Obasai', 'Alla Gbah', 'Ghana-Bendu' and 'Yon-Kon'. (S.L.)

Rotimi, Ola. The Gods Are Not to Blame, 60 pp. O.U.P. (Three Crowns Series), £0.35. (N)

Soyinka, Wole. Madmen and Specialists, 77 pp. Methuen, £0.55. (N)

Achebe, Chinua. Girls at War, 128 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), £0.30; short stories. (N)

Aidoo, Ama Ata. 'Satisfaction ?', English Department Workpapers, III, pp. 2-12 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals). (Gh)

Appiah, P.A. Smell of Onions, 84 pp. Longman. (Gh)

Aweh, S.E.A. 'Apie's Return', English Department Workpapers, III, pp. 27-40. (Gh)

Awoonor, Kofi. This Earth, My Brother., 232 pp. Doubleday, New York, $5.95. (Gh)

Dipoko, Mbella Sonne. A Few Nights and Days, 184 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, 1970, £0.40; first published 1966, Longman . (Cameroon)

—— 'Inheritors of The Mungo', Présence Africaine, 78, pp. 186-99 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals). (Cameroon)

Ekwensi, Cyprian. Beautiful Feathers, 160 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.40; first published 1963, Hutchinson. (N)

Ike, Chukwuemeka. The Naked Gods, 288 pp. Fontana, paper, £0.35; first published 1970 , Harvill Press. (N)

Mezu, S. Okechukwu. Behind the Rising Sun, 241 pp. Wm. Heinemann, £2.50. (N)

Munonye, John. Oil Man of Obange, 238 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.45. (N)

Nwapa, Flora. This is Lagos, 117 pp. Nwankwo-Ifejika, Enugu, Nigeria, 8s 6d. (N)

Nzekwu, Onuora. Wand of Noble Wood, 208 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.45 ; first published 1961, Hutchinson. (N)

Omotoso, Kole. The Edifice, 121 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series); cloth, £I.50; paper, £0.30. (N)

Osahon, Naiwu. The Climate of Darkness, 106 pp. Di Nigro Press, Lagos, 5s. (N)

— Sex is a Nigger, 183 pp. Di Negro Press, Lagos, 6s 6d. (N)

Early West African Poetry and Drama. Kraus, Nendeln, Liechtenstein, 1970, US $I5.00; reprints between same covers of various small volumes, including work by Sankie Maimo and D. F. Dei-Anang.

Messages: Poems from Ghana, ed. Kofi Awoonor and G. Adali-Mortty , 190 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.70.

The Insider: Stories of War and Peace in Nigeria, with Foreword by E. Obiechina , ix+124 pp. Nwankwo-Ifejika, Enugu, Nigeria, 8s.

Armstrong, Robert Plant. The Affecting Presence: An Essay in Humanistic Anthropology 213 pp. U. of Illinois Press; emphasis on Yoruba art.

Casely Hayford, J.E. The Truth About the West African Land Question, xx+203 pp. Cass, £3.50; first published 1913.

Egbuna, Obi. Destroy This Temple: The Voice of Black Power in Britain, 159 pp. MacGibbon & Kee, £I.95.

Fagg, William. The Living Arts of Nigeria. Studio Vista Pblrs. , £5.00.

Gailey, Harry A. The Road to Aba, 200 pp. U. of London Press, £2.50.

Uwechue, Raph. Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War, 206 pp. Jeune Afrique, Paris.

Agatha Moudio's Son, Francis Bebey, translated from the French by J. A. Hutchiman, 154 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.60; first published as Le fils d'Agatha Moudio, 1967. (Cameroon)

Bound to Violence, Yambo Ouologuem , translated from the French by R. Manheim, 182 pp. Secker & Warburg, £I.90; first published as Le devoir de violence, 1968 , Editions du Seuil. (Mali)

Climbié, Bernard B. Dadié, translated from the French by K.C. Chapman , 156 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.55; first published as Climbié, 1956. (Ivory Coast)

'Eight Beti Songs', F. Quinn , African Arts/Arts d'Afrique , VI, 4, pp. 33-4 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

God's Bits of Wood, Sembene Ousmane , translated from the French by F. Price, 336 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.60; translation first published 1962, Doubleday, New York; first published as Les Bouts de bois de Dieu, 1960. (Senegal)

'Isoko Songs of Ilue-Ologbo', P. Peek and N.E. Owheibor , African Arts/ Arts d'Afrique, IV, 2.

Myths and Legends of the Congo, ed. J. Knappert , 218 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.70.

Oria Ibeji: Songs in Praise of Twins, transcribed and translated from the Yoruba by V. Olayemi, 68 pp. Institute of African Studies (Occasional Publication No. 25), Ibadan. (N)

Poetic Heritage: Igbo Traditional Verse, transcribed and translated by R. N. Egudu and D. I. Nwoga, 137 pp. Nwankwo-Ifejika, Enugu, Nigeria, I8s. (N)

Tales of Land of Death: Igbo Folk Tales, told and illustrated by U. Okeke , I14 pp. Doubleday (Anchor Books), New York, $3.75. (N)

The Poor Christ of Bomba, Mongo Beti , translated from the French by G. Moore, 219 pp. H.E.B. (African Writers Series), paper, £0.65; first published as Le pauvre Christ de Bomba, 1956. (Cameroon)

Achebe, Chinua. 'Achebe's Things Fall Apart: An Igbo National Epic', C.E. Nnolim , Black Academy Review, II, I and 2, pp. 55-60 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'Chinua Achebe and the Nigerian Novel', B. Lindfors , Studies in Black African Literature, pp. 29-49 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Criticism).

— Studies in Black Literature, II, I (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals); a special issue on Achebe.

—— 'Chinua Achebe: An Exchange', A.J. Shelton and R. MacDowell , Studies in Black Literature, II, I, pp. 5-13; consists of 'Failures and Individualism in Achebe's stories' (Shelton), pp. 5-8; and 'Of What is Past, or Passing or to Come' (MacDowell), pp. 8-13.

—— 'Chinua Achebe : An Interview', B. Lindfors , Studies in Black Literature, II, I, pp. 1-5.

— Chinua Acbebe et la tragédie de l'histoire, T. Melone. U. of Grenoble , France, 1969: dissertation.

—— 'Chinua Achebe's Novels', G.D. Killam , The Sewanee Review, LXXIX, 4, pp. 514-41. (U. of the South , Sewanee, Tennessee).

—— 'Chinua Achebe's Proverbs: Part III', B. Lindfors , The Nigerian Field (Ibadan), XXXVI, 2, pp. 90-96; Parts I & II appeared in The Nigerian Field, XXXV.

—— 'Chinua Achebe's Proverbs : A Supplement', B. Lindfors , The Nigerian Field, XXXVI, 3, pp. 139-43.

—— 'Cosmology in the Novels of Chinua Achebe,' C. Nance , The Conch, III, 2, pp. 121-36 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'Culture Conflict and Social Change in Achebe's Arrow of God', J.O. Jordan , Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction, XIII, I (1970 ©), pp. 66-82 (Dept. of English, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, $.I00).

—— 'Eliot and Achebe: An Analysis of Some Formal and Philosophical Qualities of No Longer at Ease', R. Wilson , English Studies in Africa, XIV, 2, pp. 215-23 (see APPENDIX: SOUTH AFRICA, Journals).

—— 'Language and Action in the Novels of Chinua Achebe', G. Griffiths , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 88-106 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'L'Africa è una maschera che danza', C. Brambilla , Nigrizia (Verona, Italy), LXXXVIII, 9, pp. 26-30.

—— 'L'écrivain négro-africaine et le problème de la langue: L'exemple de Chinua Achebe', E. Amaizo , Bulletin de l'Enseignenzent supérieur du Benin (Lomé, Togo), 13, pp. 41-56.

—— 'The Historical Sense: T. S. Eliot and Two African Writers', L.W. Brown , The Conch, III, I, pp. 59-70; other writer discussed is David Rubadiri.

—— 'The Nigerian Novel in Transition: Chinua Achebe', J. Olney , South Atlantic Quarterly, LXX, 3, pp. 299-316.

—— 'The Quest for Power in Achebe's Arrow of God', M.J. Melamu , English Studies in Africa, XIV, 2, pp. 225-40.

—— 'The Structural Role of "Eat" in A Man of the People', K. Yankson , English Departnsent Workpapers, I, pp. 38-42 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

—— Review of The Novels of Chinua Achebe ( G.D. Killam ), R. Wilson , Research in African Literatures, II, I, pp. 98-101 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

—— Reviews of Beware Soul Brother and Other Poems, D.I. Nwoga , Okike, I, 2, pp. 37-40 (see Journals)

; and R.N. Egudu , Ikorok, I, I, pp. 48-54 (see Journals).

—— 'The Two Swarms of Locusts: Judgement by Indirection in Things Fall Apart' , D.J. Weinstock , Studies in Black Literature, II, I, pp. 14-19.

—— ' "This no be them country": Chinua Achebe's Novels', K. Turkington , English Studies in Africa, XIV, 2, pp. 205-214.

Aidoo, Ama Ata. 'A Cry from the Heart', K. W., West Africa, ( ?) February, p. 133; review of Anowa and No Sweetness Here (see Journals).

—— Review of Anowa, B. de Munbrun , Books Abroad, XLV, 2, p. 363 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

Aluko, T.M. 'T. M. Aluko: Nigerian Satirist', B. Lindfors , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 41-51.

Amadi, Elechi. Review of The Great Ponds, M.C., Présence Africaine , 80, pp. 164-5 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

Armah, Ayi Kwei. 'An Additional Comment on Ayi Kwei Armah's The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born', M. Folarin , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 116-29.

— 'The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born: An Anatomy of "shit" ', K. Yankson , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 25-30.

—— Review of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born', E.N. Obiechina , Okike, I, I, pp. 49-53.

—— 'Structure and Image in Kwei Armah's The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born' , G. Griffiths , Studies in Black Literature, II, 2, pp. 1-9.

Awoonor, Kofi. Reviews of This Earth, My Brother, A. Kazin , Saturday Review of Books, 2 October, p. 35

; and J. Updike , The New Yorker.

Casely Hayford, J.E. 'An Outstanding Nationalist', Anon., West Africa, 30 May 1970, p. 585.

—— 'J. E. Casely Hayford: From Gold Coast Cultural Nationalism to Pan-African Political Nationalism', J.D. Afesi , Mazungumzo, I, 2, pp. 49-54 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

Clark, J.P. 'The Poetry and Drama of John Pepper Clark', D. Izerbaye , Introduction to Nigerian Literature, pp. 152-72 (see GENERAL STUDIES).

——'Traditionalism in African Literature: J. P. Clark', E.O. Akyea , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 117-25 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Criticism).

Easman, R. Sarif. 'The Burnt Out Marriage and Burned up Reviewers', J.B. Moore , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 66-87.

Egbuna, Obi. 'Black Theatre', Girot (pseud.), West Africa, 28 February 1970, pp. 226-7; review of London performances of Genet's The Blacks and Egbuna's The Agony.

Ekwensi, Cyprian. 'Cyprian Ekwensi', D. Killam , Introduction to Nigerian Literature , pp. 77-98 (see GENERAL STUDIES).

—— 'Matchet's Diary', West Africa, 3I January 1970, p. 137; note on Ekwensi's adjustment after war.

Equiano, Olaudah. 'Equiano's Round Unvarnished Tale', P. Edwards , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 12-20.

Gamoudi, Razak (pseud.). Review of production of play Trees Grow in a Desert, B. Ita , Nigerian Theatre Bulletin, I, 4.

Ibukun, Olu. Review of The Return, G.C.M. Mutiso , East Africa Journal , VIII, 2 (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals).

Laye, Camara. 'Camara Laye's African Child: A Reply', D. Carroll , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 129-36; reply to article by Edwards and Ramchand in previous issue.

—— 'Symbolism in Camara Laye's Le regard du roi', H. Scheub , Ba Shiru, Spring 1970, pp. 24-36 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'The Relevance of the King in Camara Laye's Le regard du roi', D. Cook , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 138-47.

Mezu S., Okechukwu. Review of Behind the Rising Sun, D. Jowitt , West Africa, 2838, p. 1297.

Nwapa. Flora , 'An Image of African Womanhood: A Study of Flora Nwapa's Efuru', P. Nandakumar , Africa Quarterly, XI, 2, pp. 136-46 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'Efuru by Flora Nwapa', E.N. Emenyonu , Ba Shiru, Spring 1970 , pp. 58-61.

—— Review of Idu, A.A. James , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 150-53.

Nzekwu, Onuora. 'The Novels of Onuora Nzekwu', D. Killam , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 21-40.

Okigbo, Christopher. The Trial of Christopher Okigbo, A.A. Mazrui (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Fiction).

—— 'Christopher Okigbo', P. Theroux , Introduction to Nigerian Literature , pp. 135-51.

—— 'A Dramatic Approach to Okigbo's Limits', J.A. Adedeji , The Conch, III, I, pp. 45-59; comment by S. O. Anozie on this article, pp. 48-9, same issue.

—— Review of Labyrinths with Patb of Thunder, R. Philcox , Présence Africaine , 80, pp. 169-70.

—— 'Ezra Pound in African Poetry: Christopher Okigbo', R. Egudu , Comparative Literature Studies, VIII, 2, pp. 143-54.

Okpewho, Isidore. 'A Classical Tragedy', P.N., West Africa, 2796; review of The Victims.

Ouologuem, Yambo. 'Conceptualising the African Past', J.D. Deloney , African Studies Review, XIV, I, pp. 147-9 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals); review of Le devoir de violence.

—— 'Interview with Yambo Ouologuem', Journal of the New African Literature and the Arts, 9 and 10, pp. 134-8 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'Ouologuem's Blueprint for Le devoir de violence', E. Sellin , Research in African Literatures, II, 2, pp. 112-20.

—— Reviews of Bound to Violence, K.W., West Africa, 2826, pp. 928-9

; and J. Updike , The New Yorker.

Peters, Lenrie , 'Lenrie Peters: The Poet as Lonely African', T.R. Knipp , Studies in Black Literature, II, 3, pp. 9-13.

Rotimi, Ola 'Premier Production: The Gods Are Not to Blame', P. Badejo , African Arts/Arts d'Afrique, III, 2, (1970), pp. 64-5 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'Theatre Critique: The Gods are not to Blame by Ola Rotimi , 9, 11 and I7 December 1968, at Ile-Ife', D. Adelugba , Ibadan, 27 (1969), pp. 49-50.

Soyinka, Wole. Wole Soyinka, Gerald Moore, 128 pp. Evans; cloth, £I.50; paper, £0.75.

—— 'Le théâtre de Wole Soyinka', D. Maximin , Présence Africaine , 79, pp. 103-117.

—— 'Les paradoxes de Wole Soyinka', A. Ricard , Présence Africaine , 72 (1969), pp. 202-211.

—— 'Play from a Jail Cell Tested at Drama Parley', M. Gussow , New York Times , 20 July 1970, p. 22; on Connecticut rehearsals of Madmen and Specialists; also, 'The Making of a Play', Topic (U.S.I.S.), 58, on same subject.

—— 'Progress and Civilization in the Work of Wole Soyinka', E.D. Jones , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 129-37.

—— 'The Conflict between Traditional and Modern Africa in Soyinka's Drama and Prose', B.M. Ssensalo , Penpoint, 25 (1970), pp. 14-18. (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals).

—— 'The Essential Soyinka', E.D. Jones , An Introduction to Nigerian Literature , pp. 113-34.

—— 'The Road: A Slice of the Yoruba Pantheon', S. Phanis and C. Moyo , Ba Shiru, Fall 1970 and Spring 1971, pp. 89-93.

—— 'The Traditional Content of the Plays of Wole Soyinka', O. Ogumba , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 106-15; concluding section of article started in previous issues.

—— 'Wolé Soyinka: Il faut appeler la guerre par son nom', Bingo (Dakar), 206 (mars 1970), p. 37.

—— 'Kongi on Film', Anon., West Africa, I5 August 1970, p. 950.

Tutuola, Amos. 'Amos Tutuola: The Nightmare of the Tribe', O.R. Dathorne , Introduction to Nigerian Literature, pp. 64-76.

—— 'Amos Tutuola's Television-Handed Ghostess', B. Lindfors , Ariel, II, I, pp. 68-77 (see COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL, Journals).

—— 'Language and Sources of Amos Tutuola', A. Afolayan , Perspectives in African Literature, pp. 49-63.

—— Review of Amos Tutuola ( Harold R. Collins ), D.I. Nwoga , Research in African Literatures, II, I, pp. 94-8.

'A Bi-lingual Approach to Theatre Development in Ghana', J.S. Kennedy , Proceedings of the Conference on the Study vf Ghanaian Languages , pp. 97-107 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Criticism).

'Adam and Eve: Igbo Marriage in the Nigerian Novel', J.I. Okonkwo , The Conch, III, 2, pp. 137-51 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Black Renaissance and Negritude', S.O. Mezu , Black Academy Review, II, I and 2, pp. 9-22 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Contrasting Themes in the Writings of Africanus Horton, James Johnson and Edward Blyden', C. Fyfe , Africana Research Bulletin, I, 3, pp. 3-18 (see Journals).

'Excerpts from an Interview with Ola Rotimi and Michael Crowder on the Third Festival of the Arts at Ife, Nigeria, I4-I8 December I970', C. Pieterse , Cultural Events in Africa, 70, pp. 1-11 of supplement (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Folklore and Yoruba Theater', O. Owomoyeka , Research in African Literatures, II, 2, pp. 121-33 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Form and Style', A. Adetugbo , Introduction to Nigerian Literature , pp. 173-92 (see below, under Introduction ...).

'Form Cary to Okigbo: The Critical Task', R.W. Noble , West Africa, 4 July 1970, pp. 734-5 (see Journals); review article on critical books.

'Ibibio Drama', J.C. Messenger , Africa, XLI, 3, pp. 208-222 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals).

'Igodo and Ozo Festival Songs and Poems', R.N. Egudu , The Conch, III, 2, pp. 76-88.

Introduction to Nigerian Literature, ed. B. King , 216 pp. Evans; cloth, £2.50; paper, £I.00.

Literature for the Masses: An Analytical Study of Popular Pamphleteering in Nigeria, E.N. Obiechina , 84 pp. Nwankwo-Ifejika, Enugu, Nigeria, I2s (see below also, under 'Onitsha ...').

'Masks and Consciousness', K. Awoonor , Books Abroad, XLV, 2, pp. 207-211 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Modern Drama in West Africa', O. Ogunba , Perspectives on African Literature , pp. 81-105 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Criticism).

'Modern Folk Opera in Ghana', S. Acquaye , African Arts/Arts d'Afrique, IV, 2, pp. 60-63 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

Mother is Gold: A Study in West African Literature, A. Roscoe , x+273 pp. C.U.P., cloth, £3.40; paper, £I.00.

—— Reviewed, D. W., West Africa, 2832, pp. 1112-13.

'Nationalisme et littérature au Nigeria: I960-I967', A. Ricard , L'Afrique Littéraire et Artistique, 10, pp. 22-7 (see AFRICA : G E N E R A L, Journals).

'Negritude Debate', R. Amonoo , West Africa, 2813, p. 725

; Mbella Sonne Dipoko , West Africa, 2820, pp. 748-9

; A. Eze , West Africa, 2823, p. 837

; F. Osofisan , West Africa, 2827, p. 981

; Dipoko , West Africa, 2834, pp. 1174-5.

'Negritude in West African Literature', T. Zeszthelyi , Studies in Modern Black African Literature, pp. 13-28 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Criticism).

'Onitsha Pamphlet Literature', K. W., West Africa, 2814, p. 571; review of Literature for the Masses (Obiechina).

'Oral Poetry: Yoruba, Hausa, and Edo', W. Abimbola , D. Muhammad , E. Ogieiriaixi , Introduction to Nigerian Literature, pp. 12-35 (see above).

'Oral Tradition and the Contemporary Theater in Nigeria', J.A. Adedeji , Research in African Literatures, II, 2, pp. 134-49.

'Perverted Proverbs in Nigerian Chapbooks', B. Lindfors , Proverbium (Helsinki), 15 (1970 ) pp. 66-71.

'Politics in Nigerian Poetry', D.S. Izevbaye , Présence Africaine , 78, pp. 143-168 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Popular Fiction in Ghana: An Introductory Study', I. Ikiddeh , Okyeame, IV, 2 (1969), pp. 93-103; (see also under 'The Character ...', below).

'Reflections on the Preservation of Igbo Folk Literature', H. Peters , The Conch, III, 2, pp. 97-103.

'Relativism, Pragmatism, and Reciprocity in Igbo Proverbs', A.J. Shelton , The Conch, III, 2, pp. 46-62

; also, comment on above by M.J.C. Echeruo , ibid., pp. 63-6.

'Shadows of Christian Civilization: The Image of the Educated African in African Literature', D.I. Nwoga , Présence Africaine, 79 pp., 34-50.

'Sympathy and Art: Novels and Short Stories', D. Carter , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 137-42; contains reviews of Sembene Ousmane, God's Bits of Wood; Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Because of Woman: T. M. Aluko, Chief of the Honourable Minister.

'The Character of Popular Fiction in Ghana', I. Ikiddeh , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 106-116.

'The Concept and Practice of Satire Among the Igbo', D.I. Nwoga , The Conch, III, 2, pp. 16-29.

The English Language in West Africa, ed. J. Spencer , 190 pp. Longman, £2.00.

'The History of West African Theatre', P. Páricsy , Studies in Modern Black African Literature, pp. 51-69.

'The Onitsha Heroine', D. Consentino , Ba Sbiru, Fall 1970 and Spring 1971, pp. 52-62 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'The Poetic Content and Form of Yoruba Occasional Festival Songs', African Notes, VI, 2, pp. 10-30 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals).

'Theater in Yorubaland', J. O'Neal , Black World, XIX (1970), 9, pp. 39-48.

'Three Nigerian Storytellers: Okara, Tutuola, and Ekwensi', R.E. McDowell , Ball State University Forum, X, 3 (1969), pp. 67-75.

'Traditional Nigerian Drama', Ola Rotimi , Introduction to Nigerian Literature, pp. 36-49.

'Traditional Oral Literature in Ghana', J. Hagan , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 31-37 (see AFRICA : GENERAL, Journals).

'West African Novels for the English Reader', A. Ravenscroft , Books, Autumn, pp. 29-33 (see COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL, Special Issues).

'West African Writers in the World of Frantz Fanon', M.M. Mahood , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 43-4.

Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review, 24 (1970 ), ed. B. Fonlon. U. of the Cameroon , Yaounde, Cameroon.

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

African Notes, VI. Institute of African Studies, U. of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Africana Research Bulletin, I, 2-3, ed. E. W. Blyden III, Institute of African Studies, U. of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Ikorok: Bulletin of the African Studies Institute, I, 1-2. U. of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.

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

Insight and Opinion: Quarterly for Current African Thinking, VI, 1, ed. K. O. Amoah , Nonanom Pblrs., Accra, Ghana.

Lagos Notes and Records: University of Lagos Bulletin of African Studies, III, ed. W. Abiombola. U. of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Ndaanan, I, 1-2, ed. S. Conateh. The Gambia Writers Club, P.O. Box 248, Bathurst, The Gambia, DI.00. Annual sub., D2.00; 'to provide an outlet for all creative Gambian writing'; twice annually.

Odu: A Journal of African Studies, n.s. 5, ed. M. Crowder , U. of Ife Press, and O.U.P., P.M.B. 5I42, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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