Despite the facts of its implementation, English should not be rejected by Africans, according to the author.

In the text, “If” (ℓ.15) introduces a conditional clause.

In the text, “cram” (ℓ.8) can be correctly replaced by force, without changing the meaning of the sentence.

In the text, “within” (ℓ.14) is a preposition meaning outside.

In general, the text argues that a definition for African literature must take linguistic diversity into account.

From the text, it is possible to infer that Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba, Efik, Edo, Ijaw are ethnic languages spoken all over Africa.

After presenting the difference between national and ethnic literatures of Africa, the author argues that the national literature of Nigeria is the literature written in English.

The author proposes a definition for African literature as that literature written in English.

Attempting to define African Literature, African writers considered criteria of location and content.

In a meeting mentioned in the text, African writers were not able to define African literature.