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

"Literary impact on world scene", The Times, 30 Sep 1970, p. IX The Times Digital Archive, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS620983102/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=7825e10d. Accessed 17 Dec 2019

[Excerpt]: "Nigerian literature, as known abroad, has found itself in the forefront of African literature in English. This is partly a result of sheer volume, in that Nigeria with its huge population has more internationally known writers than any other country in independent Africa. It is partly a result of being early in the field, and in many parts of the world African writing was first discovered in the books of Chinua Achebe and Cyprian Ekwensi... Wole Soyinka, novelist and playwright, has published work in Yoruba and in English. Achebe has never felt able to write creatively in Ibo and has written in English. A further point to note about the Ibo group of writers is that although their ethnic origins are Ibo, their experience was often national and before the political crisis so was much of their writing..."