The polarization of the countries of the world into developing developed nations has brought in its wake a dichotomy in the perception of ideas, concepts and cannons by different specialists in these divides...

The flow of argument in this paper augments the existing pre-requisites for measuring the degree of social commitment in African fiction. In achieving this objective, Meja Mwangi’s Kill Me Quick was examined with a view to establishing its social relevance and commitment...

When one realises that nature is there patiently waiting and that one can write of pain, the imaginations that are indeed facts, nature healing hands guide and heal that hand holding the pen...

Drama is the mirror of societal control and a huge instrument of social change. It is a tool for social investigation and essential control and socialization of Man...

Writing about Izzia, for me, is a most difficult, difficult thing. Tears rise slowly from my ankle and journey to towards my brain like an orgasmic release...

It is very obvious that the issue of Culture and Tourism is very fundamental and important to the socio economic development of any country.  In view of this, it is my contention that such an important issue cannot be left solely to the government and politicians alone...

I must concede that there are already some lights to be glimpsed on the horizon. Some of our poets are beginning to discover their true voice...

I think several publishers in Africa lack ambition, and without ambition, there is no way an individual or a company can achieve any development meaningful enough to be worthy of attention at the world level...

Early writers were more concerned about the dilemma of the man rather than the misery of those women stuck in the woods, wading through the mud of life unnoticed. For these reasons, women were referred to in abstract terms...

My goal in this short piece is to address some important issues raised by Emmanuel Sule in his inspiring essay, "Literary Language and Recent Nigerian Fiction " It is not in my interest to rebut any of his ideas. Rather, I am interested in putting them, especially the importance placed on literary language, in perspective...