The Freetown Bond

Born in 1925, this autobiography includes an account of his early years, giving a vivid picture of growing up in Freetown in the latter days of British colonial rule. Eldred Durosimi Jones is known internationally as being central to the establishment of the study of African writing in the new universities of Africa, Britain and North America. The annual African Literature Today of whichhe was founding editor in 1968, is a key marker of this growth. In addition, his book Othello's Countrymen int