DOUGLAS KILLAM was Professor of Commonwealth and African Literature at the University of Guelph, Canada. He has taught in Nigeria and Tanzania, and Sierra Leone. He is the author of several books of critical studies, including "Africa in English Literature", "The Writings of Chinua Achebe", and "An Introduction to the Writings of Ngugi". He is co-editor with Ruth Lowe of "The Companion to African Literatures anthologies of African fiction".