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

"African fiction: a sense of urgency", The Sunday Times, 12 Dec 1976, p. 39 The Sunday Times Historical Archive,, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/FP1800832656/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=b6e157a9. Accessed 23 Jan 2020

[Excerpt]: "One of NIgeria's most distinguished poets, Christopher Okigbo (sadly killed in action during the Biafran war) declared firmly: 'There is no African literature. There is good writing and bad writing--that's all.' It's an admirable statement, but not the whole story. His friend and fellow Ibo, the novelist Chinua Achebe, leaned perhaps too far the other way: 'It is clear to me that an Africna creative writer who tries to avoid the big social and political issues of contemporary Africa will end up being completely irrelevant.' ..."