Trends in the theory and criticism of African drama : Emeka Nwabueze's Guardian of the cosmos as paradigm -- Cultural imperative in modern Nigerian drama : a consolidation of the plays of Saro-Wiwa, Nwabueze's and Irobi -- Values and representations in Emeka Nwabueze's Guardian of the cosmos : a study in evocative social ethos -- The social role of drama : a thematic survey of Emeka Nwabueze's A dance of the dead -- Perspectives on theme and structure in Emeka Nwabueze's Guardian of the cosmos and When the arrow rebounds -- Characterization and social values : an analysis of P. E. Nwabueze's Spokesman for the oracle -- Political jobbers and the leadership question in Emeka Nwabueze's A parliament of vultures -- Emeka Nwabueze and the tragic tension : an existentialist critique of characterization in The dragon's funeral -- A study of the linguistic repertoire of Emeka Nwabueze's A parliament of vultures -- A dirge for African democracy : the Nigerian stanza in Emeka Nwabueze's A parliament of vultures -- Images of leaders in A parliament of vultures : Emeka Nwabueze as a critic -- Commentator or crusader : Nwabueze's Guardian of the cosmos and A dance of the dead -- Igbo masquerade drama and Emeka Nwabueze's vision of intercultural performance in Nigeria -- The page on stage : performance aesthetics in Emeka Nwabueze's plays -- Emeka Nwabueze's When the arrow rebounds, a theatre director's notes -- Intercultural performance and contemporary Nigerian theatre -- Emeka Nwabueze's Guardian of the cosmos -- Spokesman for the oracle : a play on profilgacy in Nigerian society -- Custom betrayed : a review of Emeka Nwabueze's The guardian of the cosmos -- Humanism in conflict resolution : a study of Femi Osofison's Red is the freedom road and Emeka Nwabueze's A parliament of vultures -- Psychedelic apprehensions and the hero problem in Emeka Nabueze's spokesman of the oracle