| Nature of Enquiry | We should also eaugcrnoe the publication in Nigeria of books by other african writers. If we wish to open up the world of the imagination then that imagination must be grounded in our space before it roams the earth. Our youth have to have some idea of the African cultures around them . If not all we will do is produce imaginations which are tuned to the world overseas and that is where they will go to find their destinies . This is one of the silent reasons behind the brain drain. culture is a powrful weapon.Who can read fragments by Ayi kwei armah, people of the city / Jagua nana by Ekwensi, or The Cairo triology by Naguib mahfouz and not want to at least see or experience some of those sensations. The earthiness and peculiar scents of african markets, the funky women with their strong identities and the multiplicity of characters who people the books and each city with it's own distinct character and attitude to work and play. |