AFRICAN QUARTERLY ON
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GLENDORAAfrican Art Book Specialists 
M E A N I N G 
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Vol. 1 No.3 1996 
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Olakunle Tejuoso 
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Auntie Efua 
Appearances are Against Us 
Ngugi Interview 
Before the Blackout 
Diary of a Judicial Reporter 
Retrospect on Africa '95 
Tribute to I. K. Dairo 
Problem of Tertiary Publishing 
The Fortune of Manu 
Transition and Black 
Orpheus Re-visited 
To Build Dancing steps on a Story 
Notes on contributors 
David Aradeon - Professor of Architecture at the University of 
Lagos and foremost Nigerian architect He is a consultant to 
various world bodies and has completed designs foi private and 
public buildings in Africa and the United States, including works 
of preservation on historical houses and their adaptation for 
contemporary functions. One of his latest publications is The 
dictionary of Art. Macmillan. London. 1996 
Rick Pirro - Is an art critic and reviewer based in Los Angeles 
Femi Fatoba - Actor, poet and Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts 
at the University of Ibadan. Fatoba is a specialist in voice and 
speech, dance and movement and mime as well as acting and 
aesthetics Among his best-known poems are Nepatitis and 
They Said I abused The Government. Author of Petals of 
Thought (a collection of poems) and a work in progress on the 
stagecraft of Ola Rotimi 
Akin Adesokan - A journalist and writer He has just completed 
a novel. Roots in the sky: he lives in Lagos. 
Kofi Anyidoho - Professor of literature and Acting Director of 
the School of Performing Arts. University of Ghana. Legon 
Anyidoho a well-known poet and literary scholar, has among 
several publications Ancestrallogic and Canbbeanblues. his 
latest He is also a contributing editor to Glendora Review 
Olusegun Adekoya • Poet and teacher of poetry and drama at 
the ObafemiAwolowo University He-lfe Adekoya authored the 
article The Relevance of a Vision, written around the late poet. 
Chnstopher Okigbo and was published m Giendora Review No 
2 His bylme evaporated m the course of production 
Hakeem Bello - An assistant editor with Sunday Times Lagos 
Steve Shaba • is the chief executive of Kraft Books a publishing 
company based m Ibadan 
Tehteh - is the pseudonym of the author of a collection of short 
stories The Country Stories which was top prize winner in the 
1995 Valco Trust Fund Literary Awards The Fortune of Manu is 
a part of the collection Tehteh works with the Council for 
Okpu Eze's lonely journey Home 
Developing a Theatre Role 
Igbo Architecture in Fiction 
Glendora Review Poet 
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72 Planning Lagos 
Deregulating Broadcast Media 
In Africa 
We lost a World 92 \ 
Against the fire Next time 
Zulu Sofola's place in the 
Writers1 Canon 
The Future of Highlife 1
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Scientific and Industrial Research in Accra. 
Muyiwa Adekeye • Assistant ed:tor with the magazine. The 
News. He covered the entire proceedings of the Ogoni trials m 
Port Harcourt. 
Okwui Enwezor • is the editor and publisher of Nka.a journal of 
contemporary African art based in New York. 
Kwesi Yankah - Associate professor and head of the department 
of Linguistics. University of Ghana. Legon. Professor Yankah is 
a well-known research scholar with specialisation in folklore, 
language, culture and communication He is a popular columnist 
and satirist. 
Sola Olorunyomi - An editor with the Weekly Monitor, a 
magazine published in Ibadan Olorunyomi is currently also the 
editor of the Association of Nigerian Authors Review. 
Ezenwa Ohaeto • A poet and literary critic He is a senior 
•lecturer at the Alvan Ikoku College of Education. Owerri 
Maurice Archibong - A freelance art journalist and reviewer 
based >n Lagos 
Ossie Enekwe - Well-known poet and professor of English at 
the University of Nigeria. Nsukka He succeeded Chmua Achebe 
as the editor of Okike. journal of new writing 
Ofotsu Adinku • senior lecturer and head of the Dance Section 
of the department of Theatre Arts. University of Ghana Admku 
began his professional career as one of the early members of 
the Ghana Dance Ensemble, and is currently one of the leading 
choreographers in Ghana 
Bunmi Alegbeleye • Associate professor m the department of 
Lbrary Archives and Information Studies University of Ibadan 
He specialises m Records and Information Management 
Archives Administration and Conservation Currently he is ti~e 
chairman of IFLA ICA Commission on preservation ana 
conservation