Contents: Colonial injustice : Oyono's Houseboy and La Guma's A walk in the night -- The illusion of progress : Achebe's No longer at ease and Beti's Mission to Kala -- Nationalism : Abrahams' A wreath for Udomo and Aluko's One man one matchet -- Disenchantment : Soyinka's The interpreters and Achebe's A man of the people -- Freedom as nightmare : Armah's The beautyful ones are not yet born and Duodu's The gab boys -- Commitment : Ngugi's A grain of wheat and Sembene Ousmane's God's bits of wood.
