ABC titles and authors feature on the list recently announced by the 16-person Jury to select Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. Sosu's Call by Meshack Asare features in the top twelve books; and included in the 100 is History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson and Kiswahili. Past, Present and Future Horizons by Rocha Chimerah . ABC also stocks a new translation of Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek entitled The Defence of Lawino by Taban lo Liyong. The original is in the top 100. Other ABC authors feature on the list: Ama Ata Aidoo, Amina Mama, Charles Mungoshi, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, Yvonne Vera and Ngugi wa Thiongo. The initiative was inspired by the noted scholar, Ali Mazrui, as a way of directing the spotlight of the world on the achievements of African writers published in the 20th century. The Jury said it was time to celebrate a century of superb achievement in African creative writing, scholarship and children's literature.