A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

[Excerpt]: "It is difficult to imagine two more different approaches to modern African literature. On the one hand there is Margaret Laurence, a novelist, looking at African novels and plays somewhat arbitrarily selected, and giving a personal interpretation. She looks at each author and each work separately. On the other hand there is Janheinz Jahn, who approaches the subject like a philosopher, less interested in giving us his personal response to this ovel or that play than in attempting to discover the underlying Weltanschauung that inspires and informs the writers of 'neo-African' literature..."