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

"In Two Nigerian Villages", The Times Literary Supplement, 17 Sep 1964, p. 853 The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive,, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200334331/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=bb42e695. Accessed 17 Dec 2019

[Excerpt]: "Gabriel Okara's short first book, The Voice, is a morality tale rather than a novel and its characters have the flatness of symbols... Mr. Okara writes in a simple, folklore style ("Thus Okolo remembered the spoken words that form this policeman's mouth came out") and this proves an effective vehicle for his tale. He is dealing, gropingly, with a real problem for the educated African, who is not merely caught between the various forces of traditionand despotism which he describes but has been deprived by success of his most obvious political hope..."