The short announcement mentions the release of Francis Cary [sic] Slater's new collection of poetry, "Dark Folk and Other Poems," along with a few other works also being published by Blackwoods.
[Excerpt]: "Journal of Commonwealth Literature. Published for the University of Leeds. Appears twice yearly carrying scholarly and critical articles on literature in English written by authors from any part of the world other than the British Isles and the United States..."
Mr. B. H. Blackwell hopes to publish the following books: ...a new addition to South African poetry by a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, who now holds a commission in the Machine-Gun Guards.
"A new addition to South African Poetry, by a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, who now holds a commission in the Machine Gun Guards."
An excellent account of the sources, themes and probable development of the work of leading Nigerian novelists and dramatists writing in English--for example Chinua Achebe, John Pepper Clark, Wole Soyinka and Amos Tutuola. A pioneer in its field.