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The article reports on the West African literary scene in 2009. Though the year saw the continued domination of Chinua Achebe in critical writing on West African literature, 2009 saw the publication of other works including Iyunolu Folayan's Osagie's collection of five plays, "Theater in Sierra Leone: Five Popular Plays." Other cited works include Tanla Kishani Bongasu's "A Basket of Kola Nuts," "Langmira Kehbuma's "An Evil Meal of Evil," and Charles Alobwed'Epie's "The Bad Samaritan." Cameroonian writer Mbella Sonne Dipoko died on December 5, 2009.