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

"Attempting the Pen", The Times Literary Supplement, 22 Sep 1989, 1024 The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive,, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200458581/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=816cde3b. Accessed 27 Jul 2020

Angela Leighton reviews three anthologies: "Anthology of British Women Writers," "Longman Anthology of World Literature by Women," and "Dictionary of British Women Writers." Excerpt: "Anthologies serve many purposes. They may blaze a trail of new writing, or simply confirm popular tastes of the day. They may change the literary consciousness of an age, or merely look good on the coffee table... A short story by the Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo is followed by two poems by the Cuban Cuza Male, and three very funny poems on women and colonialism by the Jamaican Louise Bennett are followed by Doris Lessing's sophisticated satire of male sexism in a short story called 'A Woman on a Roof.' ..."