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

"The Primacy of the Performer", The Times Literary Supplement, 17 Sep 1976, 1175 The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive,, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200415115/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=b20d9fb0. Accessed 27 Jul 2020

Book reviews by Geoffrey Axworthy. He critiques three books: "African Theatre Today" by Martin Banham, "The Drama of Black Africa" by Anthony Graham-White, and "African Literature Today" by Eldred Durosimi Jones. Excerpt: "'African Theatre Today' is a well-organized and thoroughly readable introduction to the works of the principal published dramatists of West and East Africa, with a concise account of their cultural and theatrical backgrounds. Extensive quotations from the plays, clearly related to context, and the attractive format of the book, make it a pleasure to read... This quality is unfortunately lacking in Anthony Graham-White's 'The Drama of Black Africa.' ... One important point that all three books tend to obscure (for instance, through book lists giving dates of publication rather than composition) is that the flow of dramatic writings of high literary quality in English has dried to a trickle in the past decade. One of the reasons for this is undoubtedly political disillusionment, the ebbing of the powerful romantic and idealistic forces that produced an astonishing flood of creativity in the period just before and just after independence..."