SOURCE: Palaver: Interviews with Five African Writers in Texas, edited by Bernth Lindfors and others, The University of Texas at Austin, 1972, pp. 15-22.
In the following interview, conducted by faculty and students at the University of Texas at Austin in 1970, Clark responds to questions regarding the political themes in several of his plays and offers his thoughts on the role and responsibilities of the writer.
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