ALT 5 The Novel in Africa

Originally published in 1971 this was the first volume in the series to focus on a specific theme in this case the novel but continues the format of including contributions from both writers and critics. There are articles on: Equiano Onuora Nzwkwu T.M. Aluko Ngugi Sarif Easmon Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. The volume also includes a contribution from Ernest E. Emenyonu asking of African Literature What does it take to be its critic plus reviews of Sembene Ousmane's newly published God's Bits of Wood Mbella Sonne Dipoko's Because of Women T.M. Aluko's Chief The Honourable Minister and Flora Nwapa's Idu