Christine Okoth

Margaret Busby acknowledges the importance of anthologists and editors in championing overlooked or underrepresented writers, but also recognises that their selections sometimes give the impression of being definitive. In ‘Skin Deep’ (1966), she complains about ‘the agile self-appointed spreaders of enlightenment’ who suffer from ‘I-think-James-Baldwin-writes-marvellously syndrome’ and ignore other Black voices.