A collection of essays and reviews, both favourable and negative, about the Igbo poet. The book begins with a memorial essay by Chinua Achebe. Other contributor
Nigeria is endowed with oral and written literatures in a variety of languages. This collection focuses on work in the three major vernacular languages - Yoruba
This book is the first comparative work of its kind to provide an extended analysis of the contribution of Kamau Brathwaite and Christopher Okigbo. It considers
"Among the contributors are a new generation of young African writers whose studies include the works of a number of established and emerging African Writers ab