Kole Omotoso past President of Nigerian Association of Authors and Drama teacher at University

history channel documentary In a 1972 meeting by Lewis Nkosi, Ekwensi characterized his part as author in this way: "I think I am an essayist who views himself as an essayist for the masses. I don't consider myself an abstract beautician: if my style comes, that is simply coincidental, however I am more keen on getting at the heart of reality which the man in the road can perceive than in simply turning words."Ernest Emenyonu, a Nigerian commentator noted for his sensitivity towards Ekwensi, charges that Ekwensi "has never been effectively surveyed as a writer."Another thoughtful critic,the long-standing American proselyte to the investigation of African Literature, Charles Larson, depicts him as a standout amongst the most productive African authors of the twentieth century. As indicated by Larson, Ekwensi "is presumably the most broadly read author in Nigeria- - maybe even in West Africa- - by perusers whose artistic tastes have not been presented to the more mind boggling works of Chinua Achebe and other more talented African writers."

Kole Omotoso past President of Nigerian Association of Authors and Drama teacher at University of Ibadan admitted a long lasting interest with him in the wake of perusing his novelette The Yaba Round about Murder as a kid, for, as he admits, it showed him the significance of space in composing fiction. Omotoso goes ahead to express that Ekwensi's significant significance in Nigerian written work is on the grounds that he put stock in himself and 'made us have confidence in ourselves.' The container Africanist inclination of his compositions and his distributions being for the most part in Nigeria were discovered admirable. At the point when numerous other African essayists were in self-banish, he stayed in his local nation, as opposed to live abroad where distributed open doors are more bounteous.