[Literature and Criticism] African writer and his past / James Ngugi. Criticism of modern African literature / Abiola Irele. Criticism and literature in Africa / D.S. Izevbaye -- [Language and Style] Development of African prose-writing in English: a perspective / Lalage Bown. Language and sources of Amos Tutuola / A. Afolayan. Some problems of translation in African literature / Brenda Packman -- [Literary Forms] Modern drama in West Africa / Oyin Ogunba. Character of popular fiction in Ghana / Ime Ikiddeh. Traditionalism in African literature J.P. Clark / E. Ofori Akyea -- [Authors and Works] Progress and civilization in the work of Wloe Soyinka / Eldred Jones. Relevance of the King Camara Laye's Le Regard du Roi / David Cook. Development of writing in East Africa / David Rubadiri. Novels of Peter Abrahams / Christopher Heywood.