The Annals of the Nigerian Academy of Letters is a NAL publication. This is the first number and it covers selected papers from the 1999 and 2000 symposia organized by the Academy. We have also included three speeches from ceremonies of the first and second convocation and investiture ceremonies of the Academy. These are the speech by the Honourable Minister of Education, Professor Tunde Adeniran, in August 1999, the Presidential address by Professor...