The Times, July 22, 1976
In 1960, only Nigerian novels had been published Cyprian Ekwensi’s People of the City (1954) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958). Ben Enwonwu and Felix Idubor were the only Nigerian artists with even a national reputation. The plays of Wole Soyinka were known only to cognoscenti, while the one serious musician with any reputation outside the country was Fela Sowande.
