Ben Lindfors and his palavers with African literature

Abstract The article discusses Bernth Lindfors’s unique contributions to the field of Anglophone African literary studies, contextualizes his methodology, and discusses the controversies that arose over a few of his interventions to preserve and canonize early African literature. His commitment to the field is unequivocal and the journal he founded, Research in African Literatures, continues to exhibit the brilliance and promise of African literature and literary studies.