Kunapipi Volume 1 Number 2 1979

Kunapipi Volume 1 Issue 2 Article 1 1979 Kunapipi Volume 1 Number 2 1979 Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Kunapipi Volume 1 Number 2 1979, Kunapipi, 1(2), 1979. Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol1/iss2/1 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: Kunapipi Volume 1 Number 2 1979 Abstract Full text of issue. This full issue is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol1/iss2/1 .ldldBUn)t . 6L61 l 'N3HWON I 3W0'10.t\ ldldVNn>l Kunapipi is published with the assistance of Det humanistiske Forskningsrad (the Danish Humanities Research Council). Kunapipi VOLUME I NUMBER 2 Editor ANNA RUTHERFORD Reviews Editor KIRSTEN HOLST PETERSEN Production Editor SIGNE FRITS Editorial Committee MONA ANDERSEN , J0RN CARLSEN, SIGNE FRITS, DONALD VI/. HANNAH, BIRTHE JAKOBSEN, KIRSTEN HOLST PETERSEN, ANNA RUTHERFORD, BODIL S0RENSEN Editorial Advisors PETER ALCOCK, DIANA BRYDON, J EANNE N . DINGOME, MICHAEL FOSTER, YASMINE GOONERATNE, GARETH GRIFFITHS, PRABHU S. GUPTARA, MARK MACLEOD, HENA MAES-JELINEK, ALASTAIR NIVEN, KIRPAL SINGH, CHRIS WANJALA Kunapipi is a continuation of Commonwealth Newsletter and is published twice a year, Summer and Winter, by Dangaroo Press, Department of English, University of Aarhus. It is a journal of creative and critical writing concerned with the new literatures written in English. The major concentration is on the present and former Commonwealth countries but this is in no way exclusive. Articles and reviews on related historical and sociological topics will also be included. The journal is the bulletin for the European branch of the Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. As such it offers information about courses, conferences, visiting scholars and writers, scholarships, and literary competitions. The editor invites creative and scholarly contributions. Manuscripts should be double-spaced with footnotes gathered at the end, should conform to the MHRA (Modern Humanities Research Association) Style Sheet and should be accompanied by a return envelope. All correspondence- manuscripts, books for review, inquiriesshould be sent to: Anna Rutherford Editor- KUNAPIPI Department of English University of Aarhus 8000 Aarhus C Denmark Printed and published by Dangaroo Press Copyright© 1979 by KUNAPIPI 2 CONTENTS: Anna Rutherford, 'Editorial' 5 FICTION Subramani, 'Dear Primitive' Punyakante Wijenaike, 'The Proposal' Mark 0 'Connor, The Black Cabaret' 26 56 100 POEMS .\1ike Jenkins, 'Summer has lied' 89 ARTICLES Elaine Campbell, 'From Dominica to Devonshire. A Memento of Jean Rhys' Ph_rllis Shand Allfrey, 'Jean Rhys: a tribute' · J•rgen Riber Christensen, 'Distorted Reflections: The Visual Depiction of Africa in European Art' Angus Calder, 'Under Zomba Plateau: The New Malawian Poetry' S11en Poulsen, 'The Press in Nigeria' Marcienne Rocard, 'Margaret Laurence's Attempt at Audio-Visual Fiction' Bruce A. Clunies Ross, 'Laszlo's Testament or Structuring the Past and Sketching the Present in Contemporary Short Fiction, mainly Australian' David Williamson, 'Failed Footballer' 6 23 35 59 83 91 llO 123 INTERVIEWS Meja Mwangi Kofi Awoonor David Williamson 68 76 127 THE YEAR THAT WAS 137 CORRESPONDENCE 149 BOOK REVIEWS !55 CONFERENCES 182 ACLALS I 96 Notes on contributors 198 Editorial ANNA RUTHERFORD The response to the first issue of Kunapipi has been overwhelming. We have managed in the space of six months to increase our subscription list by over one hundred members and every post brings new subscribers. This is of course gratifying and necessary if we are to continue. But even more gratifying have been the letters of congratulation and appreciation from all over the world -some from our friends (those we expect!), but others from complete strangers. When one works hard over a venture, it is a good feeling to know that it has been worth while. Perhaps most exciting of all has been the response on the part of the creative writers, both the established and the yet to be established. Kunapipi aims to fulfil the requirements T. S. Eliot believed a journal should have: to introduce the work of new or little known writers of talent, to provide critical evaluation of the work of living authors both famous and unknown, and to be truly international. The first issue introduced two young Malawian poets, Jack Mapanje and Felix Mnthali (we most apologise to Felix Mnthali for mis-spelling his name. The error occurred because though the manuscript was typed the name was hand written and we mistook then for an a). This issue contains an article on these poets and introduces the work of several other young poets from Malawi. Also included are three stories entered in the EACLALS short story competition, including the winning story, Mark O'Connor's 'The Black Cabaret'. In this way we hope to promote new talent whilst in no way ignoring the already established. It was with deep regret that we learnt in May of the death of Jean Rhys. We feel very fortunate in being able to print what is 5 possibly the last interview Ms Rhys gave as well as a tribute from a personal friend of the novelist, Phyllis Shand Allfrey. This issue of Kunapipi is dedicated to Jean Rhys. In this issue we give you a forerunner of what is to be a regular feature of each Spring issue, The Year that Was. This will provide readers with a summary of the major publications in each of the countries. We would like to thank all the people for their encouragement and efforts in promoting Kunapipi. We would also like to thank all the people who have sent in both creative and critical contributions and hope they will continue to do so. A final thank you must go to Det humanistiske Forskningsrad (the Danish Humanities Research Council) for their generous support. ELAINE CAMPBELL From Dominica to Devonshire A Memento of Jean Rhys What I'm working on now is an autobiography of my childhood in Dominica. But it's a long slow job and I do get so tired. I only hope I can finish it. I'm very old now. Jean Rhys, London Sunday Times, 25 February 1973. Mr Severn, the journalist in Jean Rhys' title story 'Tigers Are 6 Better-Looking', is exhorted to write 'a swell article' for his weekly feature in an Australian paper. But Mr Severn is upset over the goodbye letter he has just received from his very dear friend Hans and he can't get the swing of it. 'The swing's the thing, as everybody knows - otherwise the cadence of the sentence'. If he can once get into it, 'he could go ahead like an old horse trotting'. The loss of a very dear friend can make writing difficult, especially if the article is about the friend and the loss is permanent. Hans and Mr Severn were not old friends; Mr Severn had extended the hospitality of his flat after Hans had (...truncated)