Issue 50 – CH’INDABA I

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Title: CH’INDABA I
Year: 1975
Issue: 50
Cover image: Ampofo Anti

PART 1 

ARTICLES 

Dilemma of the Contemporary African Artist — H. Ato Delaquis 

British Historians and “Capitalism and Slavery” — Folarin Shyllon 

FEATURES 

ANNIVERSARY CENTRE-PAGE: From Pioneer Transitions — Rajat Neogy et al 

IN MEMORIAM: AWKETEY KOFI 1923-1974 — Roy & Peggy Watts 

THE ANTI-MAN COMETH: Behind a Clown’s Mask — Colin Legum 

The Example of Tanzania 

SHORT STORY 

Incident – Kobina Eyih 

POETRY 

She knows how to tease, etc. — Michael Kelly 

General Franco’s Condition — W.S. 

DEPARTMENTS 

Contributors 

Letters to the Editor 

Credits 

Notices 

CONTROVERSY 

POETICS AND THE MYTHIC IMAGINATION (continuation of the last topic) — Stanley Macebuh 

REVIEWS 

ESSAY REVIEW: The Definitive Chaka — Ayi Kwel Armah 

PAN-AFRICANISM REVISITED — S. K. B. Asante 

INVOCATION: CH’INDABA 

THAT THE GRAND COLLOQUE (OF THE PEOPLE) BEGIN 

PART 2: CH’INDABA 

ARTICLES 

TOWARDS THE SEVENTH: The Pan-African Congress-Past, Present & Future — C. L. R. James 

PEASANTS, NOMADS AND STUDENTS IN ETHIOPIA — John Markakis 

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF SLUMS — J. L. L. Comhalre 

DILEMMA OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST Ill — H. Ato Delaquis 

THEATRE IN SOUTH AFRICA — Mshengu 

ANUBIS RESURGENT: Chaos and Political Vision in Recent Literature — Femi Osofisan 

FEATURES 

ELDRIDGE CLEAVER ON ICE: Algeria and After — Skip Gates 

CONTROVERSY 

HOW NOT TO COMPARE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL THOUGHT WITH WESTERN THOUGHT — J.E. Wiredu 

POETRY 

DEEP NIGHT’S MEDITATION — Kiarri R-H. Cheatwood 

VERWOERD — Kelwyn Sole 

SKETCHES — Kofi Anyidoho 

ONCE UPON A CRIME — Kwame Badoe 

OPEN LETTER/SONG FOR ILVA MACKAY AND MONGANE — Keorapetse Kgositsile 

NAIROBI — Edward Hower 

NOTES AND REPORTS 

AFRICAN WORLD ALTERNATIVES: First Full Congress of African Writers Union — Bahadur Tejani 

ECONOMIC NOTES: The Political Economy of Nigerian Oil — S. Nwosu 

PERSONAL NOTES: The Consequences of Spiritual Slumber — Saka Acquaye 

REVIEWS 

DEPENDENCE AND OPPORTUNITY: POLITICAL CHANGE IN AHAFO — J. A. Peasah 

PERSONAL FREEDOM AND THE LAW IN TANZANIA — J. B. Ojwang 

AN AFRICAN POET’S REALITY AND TRUTH — Kiarri T-H. Cheatwood 

THREE PUBLICATIONS ON ARTS AND CULTURE FROM NEW GUINEA — Renato Berger 

DEPARTMENTS 

Contributors 

Letters to the Editor 

Notices 

Cover Notes