Abstract
Kari Dako, the editor of eighteenpence regards the novel as among the first West African novels ever to be written although it seems not to be accorded that recognition so far. What engages attention with this novel is its view of, and evaluation of African community values. The discussion of African community values is carried out matter-of-factly without eulogizing of everything African. This novel, on the other hand, in spite of its passion about African values, takes a more critical view of these, examining them with unflattering candour, pointing out some of their inadequacies due to their basis in excessive social control generating a lack of the potential for the development of individuality which can enable the development of enterprise. Employing a mainly structuralist perspective, this paper examines the kind of African community values endorsed by this premier novel, and what it condemns and points out for further scrutiny.
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