Issue No 5 •2000 Th it of the tent and into the harem quarters Writers, Natives and Former Colonies ^ Shame on the world The Lioness of Lisabi > Presidential rallies in colour ISSUE FIVE • 2000 • GLENDORA BOOKS SUPPLEMENT B O UT US Publisher Olakunle Tejuoso Editor-in-chief Dapo Adeniyi Graphics Consultant Felix Omorogbe System Manager Yemi Fakunle Marketing/Advertising Director Fidelis Akpom Jnr. Glendora Books Supplement (ISSUE Nos.5 2000) is published quarterly by Glendora International (Nigeria) Limited. Tel/Fax: Lagos 2692762 e/mail: 105271.ll@compuserve.com. CORRESPONDENCE Africa: Glendora Review, 168, Awolowo Road, R O. Box 50914, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Tel: 01-2692762. North America: 7471, Watt Avenue, Suite 109-253 North Highlands, CA 95660 Europe: Glendora Review, 16, Skelley Road, London El5 4BA, U.K. DISTRIBUTION North America: B. De Boer, 113 East Central st, Nutley, NJ 07110. Africa/Europe Contact: Toyin Tejuoso, Glendora, R O. Box 50914, Falomo, Lagos, Nigeria. Phone: 2692762. Fax: 2618083 All rights reserved. No part of this publica- tion may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopy- ing or otherwise without the prior written, consent of the publisher. Send all editorial correspondence and subscription enquiries to addresses above. For more about subscription and advertising information, call Lagos 686870, 680089/2692762 or Fax: Lagos 2618083 or e/mail: 105271,1 l@compuserve.com. Three laureates share the Prince Claus principal award SINCE its establishment In 1997. the n which the Fund, n ibltehed thi inent in the Prin ntleth bin i I In. >r on the to Individuals and lonal contributii within the non-V i the from if his r>mg which are writer.-., architects, tilm ii countries i>t Africa on the 8th of December. 1999 while three laurc principal award worth USDioo.000 p I the after- mony at the Royal palace In Amsterdam The principal award recipients are the organisations - Vitral, a Cuban cultural magazine and Al-Jazecra a satellite nedlan Mohamed Fellag, formerly a director ol the The third is the Theati Myerians who contlni work' through tapes m Kabyle, Arabic and French. The magazine Vltral, founded In 1994 and based In Plnai del Cuba is the private initiative of a group of Independi man ( relative protection ot the Ro- te while Al- • is acbnovi l< I • ; ition in the media cit the Arab world The ten laurei I with the main awards worth l include Patrick Chamoiscau ot Fort de France, * > Professor Hountondji on the stone steps of Baalbeck, near Beirut, Lebanon, February 2000 --*!