The reader marvels at the depth of insights, the authoritative tone, and the monumental amount of detail and the diligence and hard work which went into this volume... Obu Udeozo's global knowledge of contemporary art is intimidating, as the reader wades through his references to painting and painters, poetry and poets, the novel and novelists, plus updates on the film and the entertainment world. ...in this ground-breaking work that will surely provoke scholarly response in the years to come. The sweep, the range, the depth, and the risky but surefooted opinions he advances in these pioneering but necessary critical beginnings are indeed welcome especially in the area of contemporary Nigerian poetry. These series constitute a compendium, an encyclopaedia of contemporary Nigerian poetry, arts, and letters: areas where even angels fear to tread. *** In The Oil Lamp you see the full payload of protest, anger and complaint, transform into an all-weather-precision guided munitions of the 21" century warfare. Whereas, the poetry of earlier writers can be likened to Colin Wilson's The Outsider "angry young men", flailing against authorities, with catapults; the poetry of The Third wave of Nigeria poets have graduated to missile - guided concussion munitions!