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The article compares the approaches used by Afro-English writers and Indo-English authors to nativize the English language in their novels. A comparison of the oral style between the novels "Kanthapura," by Indian writer Raja Rao and "Arrow of God," by Afro-English author Chinua Achebe is presented. It also mentions some of the novels that have taken africanization further, including "The Voice," by Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara and "The Palm-Wine Drinkard," by Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola.

Using two books from the 1960s as a point of reference, this paper addresses the literary quality of African oral literature. Both books surprisingly underscore orature's objectives such as propriety as well as quotability, which are discussed together with orature's quality of finalization. The paper finally answers the question in its title, and points to a possible resolution of the comparative dilemma entailed in the varying notions of literature embraced by different cultures and eras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Opinion. Discusses the use of the narratological approach by African author Ayi Kwei Armah, in his first three novels, comparing his two novels entitled `The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born,' with `The Healers.' Why the author chose only two of Armah's novels; Armah's style of writing in both novels; Views of critics of his work.

Focuses on the dramatic esthetics featured in the work of the African playwright Senouvo Agbota Zinsou. Correspondances between the structure of Senouvo Agbota Zinsou's dramatic writing and particular social exterior; Reference to the revelation of Zinsou's theater.