While a few researchers reduced Ekwensi's books

history channel documentary While a few researchers reduced Ekwensi's books, others esteemed their social authenticity. Charles R. Larson put his work in authentic point of view: "Nearby shading is their strong point, whether it be Ekwensi's city of disorder, Lagos, or Onitsha ... ; the Nigerian peruser is put without precedent for a point of view which has been already unexplored in African fiction."Placing Ekwensi's work immovably in the prominent phrase, Douglas Killam clarified their significance: "Prevalent fiction is constantly noteworthy as demonstrating current well known interests and ethical quality. Ekwensi's work is recovered (despite the fact that not spared as workmanship) by his genuine worry with the ethical issues which advise contemporary Nigerian life. All things considered they will dependably be significant to Nigerian abstract history and to Nigerian convention."

Ekwensi recounted stories that, similar to very much cooked onugbu (severe leaf) soup, left a charming after-supper tang on the sense of taste. Through his works Ekwensi let us know that a work of fiction does not merit that decent name in the event that it doesn't at first sight-...- capture the peruser like a cop's handcuffs..... I read a considerable lot of Ekwensi's books, and put something aside for 'The Drummer Boy', which was a suggested content when I was in junior optional school in Plateau State, the others were perused in light of the fact that they are what an eager for book soul requirements for sustenance. Who can, having been started into the clique of Ekwensi, overlook the retribution driven Mallam Iliya, the sokugo-stricken Mai Sunsaye, the skirt-besotted Amusa Sango, the boorish beauty, Jagua Nana (they don't make ladies like that any more, whether in fiction, on the television, and presumably, all things considered); and the appalling Ngozi and chivalrous Pedro? They are my companions for life.Ekwensi did a great deal more than make 'air terminal thrillers'. He recounted awesome stories that live on in the hearts of all who experienced them. ( Henry Chukwuemeka Onyeama a Lagos-based author and educator)