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

"Books for a Commonwealth: Publishing locally or from London", The Times Literary Supplement, 10 Aug 1962, p. 596 The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive,, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200325529/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=c45ce7b6. Accessed 23 Jan 2020

[Excerpt]: "The Commonwealth Education Conference, held in Delhi in January of this year, was the first conference to be held at ministerial level where the provision of books was a main item on the agenda. It was clear throughout that the 'less developed' countries regarded the provision of books in the English language as of the utmost importance... More and more Africans are being appointed as local managers of these [publishing] houses, as for instance Chief Solaru (O.U.P.), Christopher Okigbo (Cambridge) or Chief Fagunwa (Heinemann), all established in Ibadan; also a new publishing house has recently been set up in Lagos... But there is also an increasing amount of high-quality creative writing in English--especially in West Africa, where British publishers have acquired some welcome new authors. Thus Heinemann (in their 'African Writers Series') publish the impressive Chinua Achebe; Cyprian Ekwensi is issued by Hutchinson; while Amos Tutuola is now an established name in Faber and Faber's list..."