Although soon after returning to Canada she began to focus her creative efforts on writing about her own country,Laurence still maintained a great interest in African literature,culminating in her 1968 critical study of Nigerian literature, Long Drums and Cannons:Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists 1952-1966. Returning home in 1957,the Laurence's settled in Vancouver where they remained for five years.• Although soon after returning to Canada she began to focus her creative efforts on writing about her own country, Laurence still maintained a great interest in African literature, culminating in her 1968 critical study of Nigerian literature, Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists 1952-1966. • Returning home in 1957, the Laurence’s settled in Vancouver where they remained for five years