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When critics and readers argue that Ayi Kwei Armah's first three novels were written in a modernistic Western style, while his last two use an African mode, I believe they [...]

Dear Editor: Having read Neil Lazarus's review of my book on Ayi Kwei Armah, "An African Focus" (1998) [rev. RAL 32.1: 134-36], I felt compelled to respond with a few […]

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.

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.