Okafor, Dubem, ed. 2001. Meditations on African Literature.

Okafor, Dubem, ed. 2001. MEDITATIONS ON AFRICAN LITERATURE. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 193 pp. $65.95.

Essentially a festschrift to honor Emmanuel Obiechina, a great scholar of African literature, Meditations on African Literature is a collection of thirteen essays, all quite good and some exceptional, reflecting on the current state of African literature. Dubem Okafor has brought together a first-rate team of scholars, including Michael Echeruo, Romanus Egudu, Biodun Jeyifo, Bernth Lindfors, Wole Ogundele, Isidore Okpewho, and others who stand with Obiechina in the ...

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