Dedication

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-xi

Notes on Contributors

pp xii-xvi

Obituary: Keith Sambrook 1925-2019

pp xvii-xx

Editorial Article

Salute to the Pioneers on Whose Shoulders We Stand

pp 1-9

Articles

Women Investigators Uncovering Transgression in Unity Dow’s Fiction

pp 10-24

Evolutionary Portrayal of Credible Characters in Chinua Achebe’s Fiction

pp 25-35

The Concept, Challenges & Consequences of Ukhule in Sindiwe Magona’s Beauty’s Gift

pp 36-47

Chimalum Nwankwo & the Poetry of the Aerial Zone

pp 48-63

From Grace Ogot to Yvonne Owuor: Fifty Years of Depicting Kenyan Lands & Landscapes

pp 64-76

The Writer & the Environment in Times of Crises: The Creative Talent in the Face of Boko Haram

pp 77-87

Women & ALT: Balancing the Gender Equation in the Criticism of African Literature

pp 88-103

Anthroliterary Discovery of a Novel Form in Nigeria: Itan Igbesi-Aiye Emi ‘Segilola, Eleyin’ju Ege’ & the Re-Reading of Print Culture, Events & Images in the First Nigerian Novel

pp 104-116

Gynocritical Impulses in the Novels & Short Stories of Ifeoma Okoye

pp 117-133

Adaptation & the Theme of Passage of Time in Selected Plays of Wole Soyinka & Ola Rotimi

pp 134-145

Contextualizing Chinua Achebe’s Revolutionary Impulses

pp 146-159

Mohamed-Alioum Fantouré’s Le récit du cirque…de la Vallée des Morts: The Limitations of Stylistic Innovation

pp 160-171

Interview

Fifty Years On: A Conversation with Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones, Founding Editor, African Literature Today

pp 172-180

Literary Supplement

pp 181-182

‘Placate the Lords of Darkness’ (Poem)

pp 183-186

‘The Invitation’ (& 5 Other Poems)

pp 187-191

‘Moribund’ (Poem)

pp 192-192

‘Kaput to be a Cat’ / ‘Kaput to be a Rat’ (2 Poems)

pp 193-196

‘Cactus’ (Poem)

pp 197-197

‘Guilt’ (Short Story)

pp 198-203

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