eyclostvled .

The 

Eye,
which  originated
in Ahmadu  Bello,
University.  Zaria.
in  1992.  concen-
trates  on the  vi-
sual 
in
present  day Nige-
ria  and is illus-
trated throughout
with  black and
white plates.

arts 

Uso 

is pro-

duced by the Na-
tional  Gallery of
Art  in  Lagos, a

menced  publica-
tion in 1995 and is
the  only art jour-
nal  being pro-
duced  in Nigeria
to 
contain
coloured  repro-
ductions although
some of these lack
clarity.

The  most re-
cent  art journals
to  appear  on  the
are
scene 
Glendora  119951
and 
Agufon
(1997i.

Agufon  is  the
brain-child  of
Bunmi  Davies. a
young  architect
based  in  Lagos.
The  maiden edi-
tion  contains ar-
ticles  on  art
people, exhibition
reviews  and  no-
tices  of cultural
events  including

Onikan.  Lagos by
Habiba  Balogun.
Agufon  is  illus-
trated throughout
with  black and
white 
photo-
graphs and has a
striking 
cover
based  on  a  geo-
metric  adire pal-
tern.

GLENOORA  BOOKS  SU

Amos Tutuola
remembered
in Ibadan

THE Association of
Nigerian Authors, on
Saturday July 26, 1997 in
Ibadan, held a literary
session in honour of the
receritly deceased writer,
one of the pioneers of
modern African  literature,
Amos Tutuola. The event, a
special version of the
Association s monthly
readings (which have
become the focal point of the
activities of its state
chapters) took place at the
Arts Theatre of the Univer-
sity of Ibadan, the venue of
the world premiere of an
adaptation of the writer s
most famous novel, The
Palm-wine Drinkard.
Tutuola died of a

protracted  Hypertension
and diabetes on Sunday
June 8, 1997 at Jordan

years a staff of the Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation
(NBC), now Federal Radio
Corporation of Nigeria
(FRCN), Ibadan and has
lived in quiet retirement in
Odo-Ona, an outstrip of
Ibadan where he tended to
a small supplies business.
He also participated in
frequent  reading tours in
Europe and America until
he gave up travelling more
than a decade ago with due
consideration to his health
(interview, River Prawn
Journal  1988) to divide his
hours between his writing
and services at the Christ
Apostolic Church, Odo-Ona
where he was until his
death an active member.

Readers at the Tutuola
Memorial Session include
Akin Ishola, the Yoruba
writer and former Ife
professor of African  lan-
guages, the poet Niyi
Osundare and playwright
Wale Ogunyemi.

Amos  Tutuola
Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.
News of the death took time
to spread, to the chagrin of
the Ibadan literary and
artistic societies and play-
wright Femi Osofisan
expressed particular displea-
sure at the little interest that
it generated in the Nigerian
media.

Tutuola was born in 1920

in Abeokuta, Ogun State,
Nigeria. He was for many

monwealth Writers
Prize, Africa  Region
and further  writers
to be announced.
Contributions about
publishing include
essays from  Walter
Bgoya and Paul
Zeleza.

Handbook for African Writers in two Volumes
A completely
tory  section that
revised and ex-
covers publishers,
panded second
journals and
edition of A Hand-
magazines, prizes
book for African
for African  writers,
Writers first
writers  groups and
published in 1976
associations and an
under the Hans Zell
authors  bookshelf.
label, edited by
The volumes are
James Gibbs, will
be published in
1998 in two vol-
umes. The new
handbook is
designed as a
practical manual
extending the
coverage of the
earlier, single-
volume edition.
Volume One focuses
on issues confront-
ing writers, with
contributions  from
leading African
writers and publish-
ers.  Volume Two

provides a wealth of
practical guidance
and  information.
Contributors
already include
Dapo Adeniyi;
Abiola Irele - writer,
critic, editor and
publisher; Taban Lo
Liyong, Sudanese
writer and poet;
Gcina Mhlophe,
South African
children s writer
and  performance
artist; Kole Omotoso
- scholar, writer and
critic; Tess
Onwueme, Nigerian
playwright; Niyi
Osundare, poet and
winner of the 1991
Noma Award;
Yvonne Vera,
Zimbabwean
novelist and winner
of the 1997 Com-

Volume Two
addresses issues
such as how to
choose a publisher,
relations with
publishers,  major
publishing outlets
within Africa, how
publishing works,
literary agents, self
and vanity publish-
ing, publishing and
marketing of
children s books, an
author-friendly  code
of conduct, mini-
mum terms, agree-
ment and a direc-

The handbook is
being published by
the African  Books
Collective (ABC) in
collaboration with
the Dag
Hammarskjold
Foundation in
Sweden.

256 pages each, a
paperback  gratis
edition intended for
distribution to
writers  groups and
associations and a
cased edition also.