African Literature and African Historical Experiences.

In my review of one of the earlier published volumes in this series (see World Literature Today 65.3 [1991]: 532), I criticized the absence of rigor in the editorial work of the compilers. The present volume, African Literature and African Historical Experiences, represents a substantial improvement in their work, and I am pleased to be able to recommend it to everyone concerned with African literature. According to Chidi Ikonne, one of the editors, who supplied the preface to this volume, of the 80 papers actually delivered at the 1990 meeting of the University of Calabar Annual African Literature Conference, the twelve articles which make up African Literature and African …