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 what I call the Black Ezra Pound, certain elements of prosody sneak into a terse excursus; and in the end sabotages the outcome, as far as lucidity goes. The outing fails, because of the indecision between discernible moods of the folklorish and high- flown philosophical flight. The result is like the penumbra between Cubism and Realistic painting struggling for one nucleus.