L\AN226\eopold S\AN226\edar Senghor: assimilation or n\AN226\egritude?--David Diop: poet of the African revolution.--Camara Laye: nostalgia and idealism.--Amos Tutuola: a modern visionary.--Chinua Achebe: nostalgia and realism.--Mongo Beti: the voice of the rebel.--Ezekiel Mphahlele: the urban outcast.