Dedication is the quintessence of African literature. Well, most of the recent steps taken, however, are considered questionable by most people. The focus in this discussion is not to engage in a fight against argumentation. Having four Nobel Prize winners for literature in the previous two decades, namely Wole Soyinka, JM Coetzee, Idris Mahfouz and Nadine Godimer, modern African literature has achieved acceptable and respectable standards that must be appreciated and respected. On one occasion, when a writer salutes the coveted Nobel Prize for his literary works, culture takes on an implication bestowed upon him. It is for this reason that it is essential to reconsider the contemporary custom of African literature (Jussawalla, 1992). There are notions and perceptions of the treatment or adaptation of African literature as a perception that Africa is a cultural body. Chinua Achebe calls it a metaphysical landscape. This term refers to a geographical entity that has surpassed historical experiences. It is also this perception which also gave birth to the National Unity Organizations as well as the African Union. Conferences such as the African Writers' Conference held at Makerere University in 1962 discuss the nature and role played by African literature in the African context. Despite all these deliberations, the consultation undertaken did not generate any agreement. Rather, they highlighted the perceived continental notion that the superiority of creative writing explores only the so-called African metaphysical landscape, in one way or another, focusing on an African achievement. The conditions of the African metaphysical landscape... middle of article...... languages. They envision a time when governments will create an elaborate framework for the advancement of African languages ​​in terms of policies and resources. In his famous public lecture at a local university in Kenya, Ngugi wa Thiong'o demonstrates and comments that he still thinks art is undervalued in African countries. He proposes the need to advance literature and art in general throughout developing countries. This will go a long way in advancing literature in modern Africa..Work CitedAsomba, B. (2001) Onwuamaeze. The legacy of black literature. Lagos: Pumark Nigeria Ltd. Jussawalla, F and Reed D (1992). Interviews with writers from the postcolonial world. Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. Wa Thiong’o, N. (1986). Decolonizing the mind: the politics of language in African literature. Kenya: Heinemann