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For more about subscription and advertising information, call Lagos 686870,2692762 or Fax: Lagos 2618083 or e/mail: 105271,11 @ compuserve.com. Printed by Rainbow Cards Ltd. Cover illustration: Doughba Caranda Martin INSERT j Literature & anging Atitude Enugu on my mind There are No Installations Here All Minus Censorship Still on the Curse of Pos" • and Aiwa Notes on _ contributors lames Gibbs ominent critic of African literature in English. He has ught English at Ibadan, Nigeria, Liege, Belgium and is urrently at the University of the West of England in stoi, UK.- falter Chakela Has served on the executive committee of the Congress of South African Writers as well as the editorial board of the literary publication, Staffrider. He is a playwright and township theatre director. Odia Ofeimun Well-known poet and newspaper columnist. He was a political party official during the Second Republic in Nigeria. Was until recently president of the Association of Nigerian Authors. His books on poetry include The Poet Lied, Under African Skies and A Handle for the Flutist. Peter Ezeh Art writer and journalist. Was editor of Point Magazine, Port Harcourt as well as Eastern Zonal Editor of The Punch newspaper in Nigeria. Krydz Ikwuemesi Art historian, writer and illustrator; he taught fine art at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka until recently. Now he runs a private art studio in Enugu, Nigeria. Femi Fatoba Veteran actor, poet and painter, teaches speech and dance at the department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan where he has also been a head of the department. Toyin Adewale Writer, female writers' executive and advertising practitioner, has two collections of poetry and an anthology of Nigerian women writers. ' Wole Ogundele Has taught poetry at the Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe and presently works as an independent researcher. He has an upcoming book on Ulli Beier's lifework. Marlon M. Bailey An Assistant Professor of African-American Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint. Partial funding for his on-going research on Airican performance is provided by the University of Michigan-Flint Meki Nzewi Nigerian coordinator for the Nka Emume project on aspects of Igbo folk art. Doris Weller German coordinator for the Nka Emume project. Funding for the project was provided by the German Foreign Office, Bonn. PHONE: (607)255-6370 FAX: (607)254-5000 TO Get into the mix with an immediate subscription to the leading magazine dealing with critical issues on Contemporary African, African American, Diaspora, and international art and cinema. Get new critical perspectives on post colonial criticism, internationalism, postmodernism; and on artists, exhibitions, institutions, publications, and events. 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